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YOUR TELNO 1078: AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT

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1. AM SORRY IF OUR TELNO 1756 WAS NOT CLEAR. THE UNOFFICIALS ARE

LIKELY TO DISCUSS THEMSELVES, WITHOUT PROMPTING, WHETHER THERE

SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO. THE QUESTION OF

WHETHER THE PRESENT OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION IS ADEQUATE, AND HOW IT

MIGHT BE IMPROVED, HAS BEEN A MATTER OF CONCERN TO UNOFFICIALS

FOR SOME MONTHS AND THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONAL REFERENCES TO THIS

IN THE PRESS.

2. NT MS NOT THEREFORE A QUESTION OF OUR RAISING THE ISSUE, BUT

MERELY OF TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CLEAR INDICATION OF

MEMBERS' VIEWS BEFORE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE PUT TO THE

PRIVY COUNCIL. THERE IS OF COURSE NO QUESTION OF MAKING AVAILABLE

TO THEM THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT, OR OF

MAKING THESE PUBLIC BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED BY THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

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