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Minister

PS/Lord Glenarthur

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A R Paul

Hong Kong Department

10 February 1989

PS

Mr Gillmore

Mr McLaren

Mr Holt, PRU

FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG: OUTLINE OF

MEMORANDUM

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1.

We still await the formal letter from the Clerk to the Foreign

Affairs Committee informing us of the scope of the Committee's

enquiry and the areas they will wish to cover. But we now have informal indications from the Clerk that the Committee will wish to

begin their enquiry with a briefing meeting on 8 March, chaired by Lord Glenarthur; and that they would like to receive our Memorandum

by the end of February at the latest.

2.

We therefore have relatively little time in which to produce

the Memorandum. With this time factor in mind, I think that

Ministers may wish to have an early opportunity to have a preliminary look at a draft outline of the Memorandum. I submit a draft, which focuses on the central issue of the implementation of the Joint Declaration and includes the other specific matters which the Committee have already indicated they would like to be covered.

3.

It would be helpful to have Lord Glenarthur's guidance on the structure and contents of the proposed outline, which in the time. available I have not had the opportunity to discuss in any detail

with Mr McLaren.

ARPanc

AR Paul

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