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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 463
OF 10111OZ FEBRUARY 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 011/5
101023 MDHIAN 1986
13FEE1989
TO Q DIST?
TOY
PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
LEGCO: ALLEGED COMMITMENTS ABOUT DIRECT ELECTIONS
1.
BARRIE WIGGHAM TELLS ME THAT HE BRIEFED YOU ON WHAT WAS SAID TO HIM BY JOURNALISTS DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO LONDON ABOUT HMG RENEGING ON ALLEGED COMMITMENTS TO QUOTE DEMOCRATISE UNQUOTE HONG KONG FULLY BY 1997.
2.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE JOURNALISTS, AND IN PARTICULAR PAULEY OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES, CLAIMED THA AT A HIGH LEVEL FCO BRIEFING AT THE TIME OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION, THEY WERE TOLD THAT JD 49 CLEARLY ENVISAGED A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN
THE POINT THE SENCE OF ONE CONSTITUTED BY DIRECT ELECTIONS ONLY. WAS MADE TO WIGGHAM THAT IT WAS THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS BRIEFING AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND BEEN SAID, SINCE WHICH LAY BEHIND THE UK MEDIA'S ACCUSATIONS OF BROKEN PROMISES DURING THE 1987/88 GREEN PAPER/WHITE PAPER EXERCISE AND MORE RECENTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BASIC LAW.
HAVE YOUR
3. THIS SUPPOSED SKELETON IS LIKELY TO GO ON HAUNTING US, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FAC INVESTIGATION. RESEARCHES ENABLED YOU TO PUT ANY FLESH ON THE BONES?
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