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161035Z APRIL 97
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BASIC LAW : DR. FIFOOT
DONALD TSANG.
0.0. HUP £57. HKD. FCO.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF FIFOOT COULD FIND TIME TO COME TO HONG KONG EARLY IN MAY TO REVIEW WITH US THE DRAFT BASIC LAW CHAPTERS EMERGING FROM BLDC TV PLENUM. TRANSLATION OF THE REVISED DRAFTS AND DEBRIEFING OF OUR INTERLOCUTORS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE
1 MAY. WE FEEL THAT TIME HAS COME FOR US TO EXAMINE CRITICALLY THE OUTCOME OF OUR INITIATIVES SO FAR, AND TO MAP OUT OUR STRATEGIES FOR THE NEXT CYCLE OF BLDC SPECIAL GROUP MEETINGS LEADING TO THE BLDC PLENUM IN AUGUST. INDEED IF KE RESPONDS FAVOURABLE IN BANGKOK TO OUR PROPOSED MEETING OF LEGAL EXPERTS ON THE BASIC LAW, IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL THAT WE DISCUSS WITH FIFOOT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHAT POINTS CONCERNING THE BASIC LAW, OTHER THAN THOSE RAISED IN TRILOGY 111, WE SHOULD ALSO PUT TO THE CHINESE JURING THE MEETING. A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING AMONG THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IS MUCH PREFERRED TO LEVOTHY TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS COMPLEX SUBJECT.
2. WE HOPE TO RAISE WITH FIFOOT WHILE HE IS HERE A FEW OTHER SUBJECT OF MUTUAL CONCERN INCLUDING EXTRADITION, BOUNDARIES, COURT OF FINAL APPEAL, ENTRUSTMENT ETC.
3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
SIGNED DONALD TSANG
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