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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO MIMMEDHATE FCO

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OF 11052OZ AUGUST 86

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FOLLOWING FOR HUM, HKD, FROM ACTING GOVERNOR.

YOUR TELNO 1693

LYDIA DUNN S BACK IN LONDON AND WILL BE THERE NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WISHT IN SEPTEMBER.

2.

THE GOVERNOR WILL, I AM SURE, PUT THE RECORD STRAIGHT AT THE NEXT MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON 26 AUGUST.

3. WE WILL RAHISE MIN A SUNTABLE WAY WITH MS LAU.

FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIPT AND TRANSLATHON OF HER REMARKS HIN CANTONESE WHICH # HAVE CHECKED PERSONALLY.

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EXERPTS FROM A PANEL DISCUSSION ON RADIO-1'S *IN PERSPECTIVE''

2 AUGUST 1986.

EMILY LAU:

RETURNED FROM LONDON RECENTLY. WHILE HN LONDON M HEARD SOMETHING VERY ASTONISHING RELATING TO THE NATIONALITY ACT. AT THE THIME, LEGCO HAD PUT FORWARD THREE REQUESTS. THE FIRST WAS TO LET ETHNIC INDIANS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODEN BRITAIN. THE SECOND WAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT ON OUR PASSPORTS. THE THARD WAS... WHAT WAS IT?... (SERVICEMEN) AH YES, RETIRED SERVI CEMEN. AT THE TIME, THE REQUESTS WERE SUPPORTED BY EXCO AND LEGCO. EVEN THE HK GOVERNMENT WAS HN SUPPORT. WHAT # HEARD FROM A SOURCE **N THE FOREIGN OFFICE WAS THAT SOME EXCO MEMBERS HAD TOLD THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THAT IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF THEY GRANTED TWO OF THE REQUESTS, WITH TWO REQUESTS GRANTED THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED. THEY ACTUALLY TOLD THEM SO EITHER ON BEHALF OF EXCO OR #IN THEIR CAPACITY AS EXCO MEMBERS. BRITAIN OF COURSE HAD MADE ITS STAND VERY CLEAR, THE THIRD REQUEST, CONCERNING THE INDIANS, WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION. EXCO MEMBERS ON THE ONE HAND TOLD LEGCO MEMBERS THAT WE WANTED THREE THINGS. BUT ON THE OTHER, THEY TOLD THE BRITISH ON THE SHIDE THE THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED F THEY GRANTED TWO. ON RETURN, A GROUP OF PEOPLE TALKED A LOT ABOUT GOING TO BRITAIN. BUT EXCO MEMBERS BUT A STOP ON THAT, SAYING THAT MOVING A MOTHON IN HK WOULD DO. FROM THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT EXCO S CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.

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