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YOUR TELNOS 2211,
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LETTER FROM THE EARL OF WINCHELSEA : STATUS OF PRISONERS AFTER
WE ARE BROADLY CONTENT WITH YOUR DRAFT REPLY IN TELNO 2122 BUT SUGGEST A FEW MINOR AMENDMENTS
PARA 2
PARA 3
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DELETE SECOND SENTENCE AND SUBSTITUTE **IT WILL RETAIN ITS OWN LAWS AND AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND PROSECUTING
AUTHOR ITY'':
ADD FINAL SENTENCE
IN SHORT, THE HONG KONG SAR WILL BE
A SEPARATE JURIDICAL SYSTEM'E
SECOND SENTENCE
- DELETE ''COMMITTED BEFORE THAT DATE'' AND REPLACE
SUBJECT
TO THE JUDICIAL PROCESSES OF HONG KONG''BY ''A MATTER FOR
THE HONG KONG COURTS''.
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THIRD SENTENCE
PARA 4
WILSON
WE SUGGEST REPLACING IT WITH ''IT WOULD NOT BE FOR AN OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF THE PRC. HONG KONG COURTS WILL NOT BE RELYING ON THE PRC CRIMINAL CODE AFTER 1997 BECAUSE,
AS I HAVE SAID, HONG KONG RETAINS ITS SEPARATE LEGAL
SYSTEM''.
LAST SENTENCE
- WE SUGGEST ''ANY SUCH CONSULTATION WOULD BE CONFIDENTIAL, BUT I CAN ASSURE THAT IT IS OUR ENDEAVOUR THAT ANY NEW ARRANGEMENTS WOULD INCLUDE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE EXISTING SAFEGUARDS, ETC''.
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