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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO DESK BY 250900z
TELNO 2486
OF 250540Z JUNE 87
#INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MY TELNO 1927 AND YOUR TELNO 1416 ■ STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT : LONGER-TERM ISSUES
AS FORESHADOWED IN MY TUR WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED PRELIMINARY DERSCUSSHION WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VARIOUS THINK-PHIECES AND HAVE TURNED THEM MINTO DRAFT PAPERS IN A FORM WHICH WE THINK WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR PASSING TO THE CHINESE. MY FOUR #FT'S CONTAIN THE TEXTS OF THESE DRAFTS, CONSISTING OF A COVERING PAPER EXPLAINING OUR GENERAL APPROACH AND PHILOSOPHY AND THREE NOTES DEALING RESPECTIVELY WITH THE CHEF EXECUTHWE THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES AND THE LEGISLATURE. WIN DRAFTING THESE PAPERS WE HAVE BORN IN MUND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS WHICH HAVE EMERGED FROM THE MEETING OF THE BLDC POLITHICAL SYSTEM SUB-GROUP HELD IN GUANGZHOU EARLIER THIS MONTH (SEE MY TELNOS 2317-8 AND 2322-6).
2. *UN LIGNE WITH THE APPROACH PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DRAFTING OF THE FIRST TWO TRILOGIES AND OF THE 1987 GREEN PAPER SEE ADVANTAGE HIN EXCO HAVING AN HINFORMAL DISCUSSION ON THESE DRAFT PAPERS BEFORE THEIR ADVICE AS SOUGHT MORE FORMALLY. # AM ACCORDINGLY ISSUING THEM TO EXCO FOR A PRELIMINARY CANTER ON TURESDAY 30 JUNE. HIN DONNNG SƠ; # HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT: THE DRAFT PAPERS HAVE YET TO BE CLEARED WITH YOU EVEN AT OFFICINAL
LEVEL.
3. NT WOULD BE MOST: HELPFUL MF YOU WERE ABLE TO LET US HAVE YOUR #MENTHAL REACTION TO THESE DRAFT PAPERS DESKBY 27010OZ. WE SHALL N ANY CASE TELEGRAPH TO YOU EXCO'S PRELIMINARY VIEWS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE MEETHING ON 30 JUNE.
4. THEREAFTER WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING TIMETABLE, WHICH INS ARMED AT GETTING THE PAPERS INTO CHINESE HANDS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BLDC POL:NTICAL SYSTEM SUG-GROUP SCHEDULED FOR 31 JULY 2 AUGUST:
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3 JULY
TEXT AGREED WITH FCO AT OFFICIAL LEVEL
7 JULY
FORMAL CLEARANCE WANTH EXCO
BY 10 JULY
BY 17 JULY
SUBMISSION TO OD(K)
BY 21 JULY
CLEARANCE WITH OD(K)
SUBMISSION TO FCO MINUSTERS: TRANSLATION OF DRAFT TEXTS
UNNECESSARY? (TRILOGY I WENT 124
TO ODER): I DID NOT)
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