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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 677

OF 240945Z JULY 87

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

HONG KONG TELNO 2846: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES

1.

PLEASE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAND THE PAPERS OVER TO THE

MFA AS SOON AS THEY REACH YOU. IN VIEW OF THEIR IMPORTANCE WE

SUGGEST THAT THE CHARGE SHOULD BID FOR AN EARLY CALL ON KE

ZAISHUO. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PAPERS SHOULD BE

FED IN WELL BEFORE THE MEETING OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE

POLITICAL SYSTEM BEGINS ON 31 JULY.

2.

WHEN HANDING OVER THE PAPERS YOU SHOULD MAKE THE

FOLLOWING POINTS (SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER VIEWS FROM HONG KONG.):

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