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YOUR TELNO 865: SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH WU XUEQIAN :

GREEN PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

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IF WU ASKED ALONG THE LINES OF PARA 1 OF TUR, THE SECRETARY OF

STATE COULD REFER TO PARAS 23 AND 5 OF ANNEX B TO THE PAPER ON

CONVERGENCE WHICH SUMMARISE THE AREAS LIKELY TO BE COVERED IN THE

1987 GREEN PAPER. PARA. 6 OF THAT ANNEX ADDS THAT THE POSITION OF

THE GOVERNOR IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RAISED IN THE GREEN PAPER. NOR

WILL THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LIKELY BE CHANGED (PARA 10).

2. ON PRESENTATION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE COULD SAY THAT IT WAS

TOO EARLY TO DECIDE ON HOW BEST THE 1987 GREEN PAPER SHOULD BE

PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN HONG KONG. THE HKG'S TENTATIVE IDEA AT

THIS STAGE IS THAT THE GREEN PAPER SHOULD SET OUT A RANGE OF

POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE, BUT SHOULD NOT MAKE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS

INDICATING THE GOVERNMENT'S PREFERENCE.

3. AM OF COURSE AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AFTER MY ARRIVAL

IN LONDON,

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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