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Mr Gillmore

Mr Fifoot, Deputy Legal

Adviser

Mr Masefield, FED

HONG KONG: 1987 REVIEW: PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER

Problem

1.

What should the new Governor of Hong Kong say in

public if he

is asked about the timing of publication of

the Green Paper?

Recommendation

I recommend that he take the following line:

"The Hong Kong Government has stated that the

Green Paper will be published

in April Or

May. [Ishall be considering the exact timing

with the FGO and with my future advisers in

the

Hong Kong Government.

reason for

Bu

ut]

I see no

to

any [substantial change in this gewerd timetable. "It will be for the Hong Kong Governmer to announce the specific date of publication nearer the

Background and Argument

3

time

Shortly before Christmas we discussed with the

of State various problems connected with the

Secretary

holding of the 1987 Review of Representative Government in

Hong Kong. As agreed at that meeting, I have now drafted

a paper on our general strategy. It has been necessary to

take into

account certain factors

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connected

with the