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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1963
OF 161600Z JULY 87
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30 JUL 1987
YOUR TELNO 2781: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES
1.
IN
WE AGREE THAT THE ONLY COURSE IN THE TIME
AVAILABLE IS TO LEAVE BOTH ALTERNALTIVES (PARA 2 OF TUR) IN YOUR
DRAFT PAPERS: WHILE RECOGNISING THAT IN THE PROCESS THIS MAKES TH
PAPERS EVEN MORE COMPLEX THAN BEFORE. WE SHALL NOW SUBMIT THE
PAPERS TO MINISTERS AMENDED AS YOU PROPOSE IN PARA 3 OF TUR.
DOING SO WE SHALL NEED TO REFER TO THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
SUMMARISED IN YOUR PAPERS: IF HOWEVER FOLLOWING FURTHER
CONSULTATIONS WITH EXCO YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT OUR ARGUMENTS
WE BELIEVE WE SHOULD THEN TRY TO ALTER THE PAPERS ACCORDINGLY
AND THUS TO SOME EXTENT SIMPLIFY THEM.
ON YOUR DETAILED AMENDMENTS IN PARAS 3-5 WE ARE CONTENT
SUBJECT TO TWO MINOR COMMENTS:
2.
(A)
ON YOUR PARA 5(G): AS IT STANDS YOUR PAPER III IS
AMBIGUOUS IN THAT IT DOES NOT MAKE CLEAR THAT YOUR
INTENTION IS AS DESCRIBED IN PARA 5(G). GIVEN TIME
CONSTRAINTS, WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO RESOLVE
THIS NOW. BUT WE FEEL THE ARRANGEMENT YOU SUGGEST IS A
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