TNAG-1602-FCO40-2198-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1987 — Page 19

GRS 250

SECRET

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1623

OF 27110OZ APRIL 87

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Hub 011/3

OUR TELNO 1561 AND YOUR TELNO 1171 : FIFOOT'S,

THANK YOU FOR SECOND TUR.

(A) ON PARA. 1. REQUEST NOTED.

29 APR DGY

Visit

MEETINGS ON THE FOUR SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN/ARE BEING ARRANGED.

(3) ON PARA. 2. AG WILL NOT BE IN HK DURING FIFOOT'S VISIT. HE

WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND THE VARIOUS MEETINGS INVOLVING

THE AG'S CHAMBERS. CJ WILL BE MEETING FIFOOT TO DISCUSS THE

FUTURE OF THE JUDICIARY ETC. A CALL ON THE POLITICAL ADVISER HAS

BEEN ARRANGED ON 1 MAY. AS REGARDS THE SUGGESTED MEETING WITH

JUSTICE YANG AND DENIS CHANG, YANG WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE OUT OF TOWN, BUT CJ WILL HOST LUNCH ON 6 MAY FOR FIFOOT TO MEET CHANG. IF NEED BE, A FURTHER SESSION WITH CHANG CAN BE ARRANGED. FIFOOT SHOULD NOTE THAT NEITHER YANG NOR CHANG IS OUR DIRECT CONTACT ON

THE BL FRONT. THEY MAY, NONETHELESS, BE USEFUL INTERLOCUTORS ON SUCH MATTERS AS THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, THE FUTURE OF THE

JUDICIARY AND THE PACKAGE OF NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR PENSIONS AND

RETIREMENT AGE OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS. WE STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST A

MEETING WITH DOROTHY LIU BECUASE OF HER CHINESE CONNECTIONS AND

INDISCRETION.

(C) ON PARA. 3. A SESSION WITH MARIA TAM, TO BE FOLLOWED BY LUNCH, HAS BEEN ARRANGED ON 4 MAY. UNFORTUNATELY, MARTIN LEE WILL BE AWAY

FROM HONG KONG WHILE FIFOOT IS HERE.

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2. AT MIFT IS A PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR FIFOOT'S VISIT TO HK FROM

30 APRIL TO 7 MAY. GRATEFUL FOR ANY VIEWS YOU MAY HAVE AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE.

3. DETAILS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISIT ARE AT

SECOND IFT (NOT TO ALL).

WILSON

YYYY

HMLNAN 2041

LIMITED

HD/HKD

MQ MCLAREN MR FIFOOT

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