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SECRET

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 177

OF 151OOOZ JANUARY 87

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

19 JAN 1987

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YOUR TELNO 100: 1987 REVIEW: PUBLICATION OF GREEN PAPER

THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT SERIES OF STATEMENTS THAT THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL/MAY 1987 OR THE FIRST HALF

OF 1987.

2. THESE INCLUDE BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AT A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SEMINAR SEMICOLON BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE 1986/1987 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION: ''THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR'' SEMICOLON BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 12 OCTOBER 1986: **THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR' THE MOST RECENT IS BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR ON 29 DECEMBER 1986 SAYING THE GREEN PAPER WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987.

3.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SIMILAR STATEMENTS, BUT THESE GIVE THE TIME-SCALE AND THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY.

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