TNAG-1846-FCO40-2621-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 76

WOZAPR

CONFIDENTIAL

Secretary of State

72 a 1988

A

A R Paul 12

2

&

Hong Kong Department

FROM:

HKB 011/3

DATE:

17 APR 1989

CC:

Mr Gillmore

11 April 1989

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Mr McLaren

Mr Holt, PRU

Mr Edwards, Legal Advisers

Private Secretary

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HONG KONG: FAC ENQUIRY: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

Problem

1. The Foreign Affairs Committee have asked us to provide two supplementary memoranda on air services and human rights by 12

April.

We have also offered to provide a supplementary memorandum

on Article 157 of the Basic Law, which is required by the same

deadline.

Recommendation

A

has *

been

dered

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2.

I submit a revised text of the supplementary memorandum on

Article 157, as requested in your minute of 10 April. It has been

cleared with Mr Edwards and is being cleared overnight with Hong

Kong. I further submit the supplementary memoranda requested by the

Committee on air services and human rights. They have been cleared

with the Hong Kong Government, Legal Advisers, MAED, DTP and UND as

appropriate. Mr McLaren has seen and approved all three texts.

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