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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 60
OF 061130Z JANUARY 88
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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HRB O!!!!
15 JAN 1988
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MY TELNOS
2-14
10 AND YOUR TELNOS 22-24:
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER
EXCO TODAY DISCUSSED THE COMPLETE DRAFT OF THE WHITE PAPER AS SENT
TO YOU IN OUR TURS. THEY APPROVED OF THE STRUCTURE AND BROAD THRUST OF THE PAPER BUT HAD A NUMBER OF DRAFTING AND PRESENTATIONAL POINTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY QUERIED THE LINKING OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WITH EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IN CHAPTER I AND, LIKE YOU, EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE WORDING OF CHAPTER VIII COULD BE TAKEN AS SUGGESTING INVOLVEMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997.
2. WE ARE NOW HAVING A FURTHER LOOK AT THE DRAFT IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR
AND EXCO'S COMMENTS AND WILL SEND YOU OUR AMENDMENTS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
3. ON PARA 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR, WE ARE ALSO DRAFTING A PAPER FOR THE CHINESE IN A SIMILAR FORMAT TO THAT USED FOR CLEARING CHAPTER IV OF THE 1987 GREEN PAPER. WE WILL SEND YOU THE DRAFT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
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