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(II) TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IN ADVANCE WHAT ISSUES IT WILL HAVE TO

COVER, AND HOW HONG KONG OPINION IS LIKELY TO EXPRESS ITSELF ON

EACH:

(III) TO DESCRIBE THE SCOPE AND GENERAL CONTENT OF THE GREEN AND

WHITE PAPERS:

(IV) TO GIVE THEM ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE TEXTS:

(V) IN PARTICULAR TO EXPLAIN WHAT PROPOSALS WE DECIDE WE HAVE TO MAKE IN THE WHITE PAPER, INCLUDING POSSIBLY PROPOSALS ON DIRECT

ELECTIONS:

(VI) TO KEEP ABREAST OF, AND WHERE POSSIBLE TO INFLUENCE, THEIR OWN THINKING ON THESE ISSUES

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A FULL RANGE OF CHANNELS WILL HAVE TO BE USED. THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU XUEQIAN WILL

CONTINUE TO BE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE. IT WILL HAVE TO BE

SUPPLEMENTED, AS THE NEED AND OPPORTUNITY ARISES, BY OTHER CONTACTS. THESE MIGHT INCLUDE DEMARCHES BY SIR R EVANS, VISITS TO PEKING BY THE NEW GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG (BUT HE WILL WISH TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN HONG KONG FIRST), VISITS BY OTHER HONG KONG OFFICIALS AND VISITS BY CHINESE OFFICIALS TO HONG KONG. IN

ADDITION THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL REACH THE

CHINESE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT.

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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS STAGE ABOUT

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, THE FOLLOWING IS A PROPOSED CHRONOLOGY OF MAIN CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE OVER THE 1987 REVIEW:

JANUARY 1987

MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE TO WU, WHICH COULD BE LINKED TO THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AT THE END OF THE

MONTH.

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REFERS TO 1987 AS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR HONG KONG

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