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IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSAL OF CENSORSHIP ON POLITICAL

AND TO THE CRITICISM THAT A CITIZEN HAS NO REMEDY IF THERE IS A

BREACH OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS SOME MEMBERS OF LEGCO HAVE NOTED THAT THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO A NUMBER OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. WE ANTICIPATE

BEING ASKED WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO H.K. AND WOULD BE

GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE ADVICE FROM YOU AS TO THE LINE WE SHOULD TAKE

IN REPLY.

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