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TELNO 3013
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STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM SSUES: GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE
AS YOU KNOW (PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO WORKING ON DEAS ON HOW THE PROPOSED
2486 REFERS) WE HAVE BEEN
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GRAND ELECTORAL COLLEGE''
(GEC) MIGHT BE COMPOSED AND OPERATE. TOGETHER IN A DRAFT PAPER, THE TEXT OF WHICH WAS IN MINET.
WE HAVE NOW PUT OUR THOUGHTS
2. LAKE THE EARLIER CONVERGENCE'' PAPERS, THE PAPER ON THE GEC HAS BEEN DRAFTED ON A FORM SUNTABLE FOR HANDING OVER TO THE CHINESE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE METHODS OF CONSTITUTHING THE FUTURE SAR LEGISLATURE HAVE YET TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE RELEVANT BLDC SPECIAL GROUP, THE NEED TO PUT OUR IDEAS ACROSS TO THE CHANESE MIS APPARENTLY LESS URGENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WOULD SEEM TO BE ADVANTAGE IN HANDING OVER A PAPER ON THE GEC, AS A SEQUEL TO THE **CONVERGENCE'' PAPERS, WITHIN THE NEW FEW WEEKS, AND BEFORE THE
GOVERNOR'S PLANNED VISIT TO PEKING.
3. HAN ANY CASE, EXCO HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO SEE A DRAFT. WE THEREFORE INTEND TO ASSUE THE DRAFT IN MET TO THE COUNCIL BY THE MUDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, FOR DISCUSSION ON 26 AUGUST. WE SHALL BE GLAD TO ADJUST THE DRAFT TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ANY COMMENTS YOU AND PEKING MAY WISH TO MAKE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. HOWEVER YOU WOULD PREFER MORE TIME, WE COULD PUT THE PAPER TO EXCO FOR A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE YET TO COMMENT
AT OFFRICHIAL LEVEL.
4. THE DRAFT TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE POINTS AND THE SUGGESTIONS CONTAMINED IN YOUR TELNO 2017, WITH WHICH WE AGREE.
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