CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 011030Z SEPTEMBER 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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BASIC LAW : CONVERGENCE OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE: TRILOGY IV
MIFT CONTAINS A TRANSLATION OF THE TEXT OF AN ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN WEN WEI PO ON 31 AUGUST, WRITTEN BY ONE OF ITS REGULAR COLUMNIST ''AH CHI'' (WHICH IS A PEN-NAME). THE ARTICLE QUOTED
A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL'' AS HAVING TOLD THE WRITER THAT A PROPOSAL ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM (OF THE SAR) WAS HANDED OVER BY THE BRITISH SIDE TO THE CHINESE SIDE IN LATE-JULY. IT THEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BRITISH SIDE'S PROPOSAL, ONE DEALING WITH THE METHOD OF NOMINATING CANDIDAT- ES FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR ELECTION BY THE GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE, AND THE OTHER ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE. BOTH EXAMPLES APPEARED ACCURATE.
2. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NO (NO) HKG OFFICIAL WHO ARE AWARE OF THE CONTENT OF TRILOGY IV HAD TALKED TO ANY COLUMNIST OF WEN WEI PO. IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CHINESE DECIDED FOR SOME REASON TO LEAK THE CONTENT OF TRILOGY IV, AND FOUND IT COVENIENT TO INVENT AN HKG SOURCE, BUT WE ARE PUZZLED AS TO WHAT THEY ARE OUT TO ACHIEVE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED
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