TNAG-1837-FCO40-2612-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 74

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In practice however I think it would be disingenuous to omit paragraph 8, since what it reflects is an indisputable fact and we have made much of it in parliamentary debates on the Basic Law. It is in any event inconceivable that the Committee will not take a close interest in the Basic Law and its drafting.

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