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YOUR TELNO 3258: LORD GLENARTHUR'S VISIT TO HONG KONG

1. LORD GLENARTHUR'S MEETING WITH MYSELF AND SENIOR OFFICIALS WILL, AS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, FOR THE MOST PART TAKE THE FORM OF A BRIEFING ON SPECIFIC ISSUES OF INTEREST. THE PRESENT THINKING IS THAT THIS SHOULD INCLUDE:

(A) THE CS ON CIVIL SERVICE MATTERS AND THE NEW LEGCO:

(B) FS ON THE ECONOMY:

(C) S FOR S ON VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AND ECVIIS:

(D) S(GD) ON THE BASIC LAW:

(E) SASI ON EMIGRATION.

2. THE ISSUES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE RAISED BY MEMBERS OF EXCO ARE: THE GENERAL MOOD OF HONG KONG, THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, AND THE VARIOUS ISSUES AFFECTING DEFENSE LAND I.E. THE ROLE OF THE PLA AND THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE LOCATION OF THEIR

BASES.

3. IT IS NOT QUITE SO EASY TO BE PRECISE ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT OMELCO MAY RAISE WITH LORD GLENARTHUR. LYDIA DUNN'S INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT THE MAIN ONES WOULD BE : VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE PROVISION OF BRITISH NATIONALITY FOR WIDOWS OF WAR VETERANS AND THE PRESENT POSITION ON THE BASIC LAW COVERING IN PARTICULAR, CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF OTHER POSSIBLE ISSUES.

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ISSUES THAT MAY BE RAISED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE INCLUDE: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE BASIC LAW AND THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE, THE JLG AND IN PARTICULAR DEFENCE MATTERS, HUMAN RIGHTS, FOREIGN LAW FIRMS, EMIGRATION, THE LABOUR SHORTAGE, NATIONALITY

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