TNAG-1443-FCO40-1927-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 95

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTERU XUEQIAN: 14 OCTOBER

SUMMARY

1. SECRETARY OF STATE INTRODUCED THE FOUR PAPERS.

SECRETARY

OF STATE POINTED TO NEED FOR DEBATE ON ISSUE FREE OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCE. RESTATED NEED FOR GENUINE REVIEW IN 1987.

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2. THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD A 70 MINUTE WORKING BREAKFAST WITH FOREIGN MINISTER WU ON 14 OCTOBER.

3. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP THEIR NEW YORK DISCUSSIONS. HE REFERRED TO THE JLG AND LAND COMMISSION ACHIEVEMENTS. HE NOTED THAT THE JLG SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE SEEN AS A LIAISON BODY NOT AN ORGAN OF POWER. THIS WOULD BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AFTER 1988.

4. THE SECRETARY OF STATE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIALOGUE AT FOREIGN MINISTER LEVEL. THE EXCHANGES WITH THE GOVERNOR WERE ALSO VERY USEFUL.

5. THE SECRETARY OF STATE THEN INTRODUCED AND HANDED OVER THE 4 PAPERS. ON PAPER 1, HE DREW ATTENTION TO THE ADVANTAGES OF FLEXIBILITY OVER THE PROPORTION OF OFFICIALS AND INDIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS. ON PAPER 2, HE EXPLAINED THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF MAINTAINING A CROSS-MEMBERSHIP AND RECALLED DENG XIAOPING'S 1984 REMARK TO HIM ABOUT THE US HAVING 3 GOVERNMENTS. ON PAPER 3, HE

DREW ATTENTION TO OUR VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING AN APPOINTED ELEMENT. ON PAPER 4, HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF LEGAL EXPERTS COULD DISCUSS ISSUES RAISED. HE SUGGESTED THT MATTERS RAISED IN THE PAPERS COULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE GOVERNOR IN DECEMBER.

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