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CONFIDENTIAL

FROM:

DATE:

AM LAYDEN, HKD

24 March 1986

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HAM 256/11

256/1 somrary of Statio

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 3 APR 1986

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THE HON JUSTICE JACKSON LIPKIN

1.

f rom

the

You a sked me to supply material for a re pl y

Secreta ry of State to Mr Justice Jackson-Lipkin's letter

As I told y ou by telephone, I advi se a ga inst Secretary of State's saying any thing to Mr Jackson-Lipkin the substance of the questions he ra i se s, for two reasons:

March.

a)

of 4

the

(and

Governor

in an awkward

it could put the Chief Justice and

ultimately the Secretary of State himself) and embarrassing position

Mr Jackson-Lipkin was correspondi ng di rect with the

i f

it

emerged that

The last

time

of State in this

Se creta ry of State about the se matters.

Mr Jackson-Lipkin wrote to the Secretary

way, we consulted the Governor, who said he would much

prefer по substantive re sponse to be sent; the Se creta ry

of State accepted this advice, and a ca refully worded reply was sent avoiding comment on substantive issues, but correcting

misunderstanding

fact

one

Mr Jackson-Lipkin's part;

b)

of

the chance s of misunderstanding and awkwardness increased by Mr Jackson-Lipkin's tendency to the wrong end of the stick ОП the matters

on

a re

that the re

to the administrative branch

get hold of

he ra i se s: in

i s a ban

of

on

the

/Hong

his latest letter he re peat s

expatriate recruitment

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