TNAG-1598-FCO40-2191-Hong-Kong-1987-Review-of-Representative-Government-1987 — Page 77

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 4716

OF 14084OZ DECEMBER 87

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

CONFIDENTIAL

TOP COPY a DIST

689

050102

MDHIAN 0253

31/2

s

нив

0112

15 DEC 1987

YOUR TELNO 3229 : VISIT BY MARTIN LEE TO LONDON LETTER TO

PRIME MINISTER

I SUGGEST THAT THE REPLY TO LEE'S REFERENCE TO THE SPEECH MADE BY

SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE IN 1985 SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING

POINTS

:-

(A) IN LISTING THE QUESTIONS WHICH THE HKG EXPECTED WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE 1987 REVIEW, SIR PHILIP MADE IT CLEAR THAT THESE WERE ''AS PERCEIVED AT THIS TIME''. BY CONTRACT THE 1984 WHITE PAPER GAVE TWO FIRM UNDERTAKINGS: THAT THE QUESTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS, AND THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNOR AS PRESIDENT OF LEGCO, WOULD BE CONSIDERED FURTHER IN THE 1987 REVIEW. THESE UNDERTAKINGS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED:

(B) THE 1984 WHITE PAPER SAID THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXCO AND THE INTRODUCTION OF A MINISTERIAL SYSTEM WERE MATTERS WHICH ''WILL

BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER STAGE'' IT DID NOT (NOT) SAY THAT THIS

WOULD BE DONE IN THE 1987 REVIEW.

·

WILSON

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

24

ΜΑΙΝ

23

HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

RESEARCH (FE)

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/MR EGGAR

MR MCLAREN

MR GILLMORE

PAGE

1

CONFIDENTIAL