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DATE: 29 July 1986

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Guangdong Wikar:

1 8 AUG 1986

CC Basic Law

28 July

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MR MARTIN LEE

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5 1. Thank you for your minute of

conversation with Mr Lee.

2. As you know, Mr Lee called on me yesterday afternoon. Most of our conversation went over the ground in paragraphs 1-3 of your minute. He enlarged on his ideas about the composition of LegCo in 1988: he felt membership should be

made up of four equal

equal groups, composed respectively of

those

directly

elected,

representing functional constituencies, elected by electoral colleges and directly appointed. He developed at some length his thesis that the Basic Law should allow for flexibility and evolution in the composition of the legislature after 1997: like you I found this an interesting and attractive thesis.

in

his

3. Mr Lee made two points which he does not seem to have raised with you. The first was a plea for better backing

and information from the Hong Kong Government

for preparation

meetings of the Basic Law Drafting Committee. He said it was quite clear that Miss Maria Tầm was being fed with information by the Hong Kong Government. Mr Szeto Wah and himself, because they were regarded less reliable, were only occasionally tipped off by a Hong

As Kong Government

a result he felt very vulnerable in the BLDC, confronted as he was by some of the best legal brains and most experienced bureaucratic operators in China. In comparison the Hong Kong side was in disarray: it did not prepare a common position before meetings, and Hong Kong members often adopted opposing

official.

CONFIDENTIAL