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OCMIAN 7903
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DD 100130Z HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
09150OZ OCT
GRS 208
HKK certi
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
12 NO 1986
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FROM WILSON, AUSS
FCO TELNO 2191 : MARTIN LEE
1.
MARTIN LEE TELEPHONED ME TODAY SEEKINGMY INTERVENTION TO
SECURE A PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IT WAS
'ESSENTIAL' THAT HE SHOULD HAVE SUBH A MEETING BEFORE THE
SECRETARY OF STATE WENT TO CHINA. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS HE
SAID HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DIRECT ELECTIONS. IF HE COULD
NOT SEE THE SECRETARY OF STATE COULD HE SEE ME?
2. I SAID THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROGRAMME WAS EXTREMELY
TIGHT.
I
MY OWN COINCIDED WITH THAT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
DID NOT SEE HOW IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO FIT IN A PRIVATE MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY, IF MARTIN LEE WERE GIVEN A PRIVATE MEETING WOULD
NOT OTHER MEMBERS OF LEGCO FEEL THAT THEY HAD BEEN DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST?
3. I SUGGESTED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO
THE SECRETARY OF STATE INFORMALLY AT THE DINNER ON 11 OCTOBER.
IF MARTIN LEE FELT THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL POINTS OF WHICH HE
WISHED THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO BE AWARE, HE SHOULD CONSIDER
PUTTING THEM ON PAPER. MARTIN LEE SAID THAT HE WOULD DO SO.
HOWE
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