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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2148
OF 201313Z OCTOBER 89
for
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR FAX OF 5 OCTOBER: BASIC LAW: CRITIQUE
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
1. WE HAVE NOW CONSIDERED THE DETAILED COMMENTS IN FAX UNDER REFERENCE. SUBJECT TO THE POINTS MADE IN PARAGRAPHS
1 AND 2 OF FCO TELNO 1896, WE ARE CONTENT WITH ALL YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING TWO RESERVATIONS:
2.
(A) WE HAVE SOME HESITATION ABOUT YOUR COMMENT ON ARTICLE
109 AND, AS YOU ARE AWARE, STRONG RESERVATIONS ABOUT TOUCHING ON ARTICLE 39.
(B) WE ACCEPT YOUR POINT ON ARTICLE 17, BUT WE WILL TRY TO THINK OF SOME FORMULA ON LEGISLATIVE POWER WHICH DOES NOT REPEAT SO EXACTLY THE QUOTE PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE FORMULA.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD NOW PRODUCE AN AMENDED COPY OF THE CRITIQUE AND FAX IT TO US.
3'.
WE NOTE FROM DARWIN CHEN'S RECORD OF HIS MEETING WITH MARIA TAM ON 12 OCTOBER THAT HE UNDERTOOK TO ARRANGE FURTHER WORKING 1312/12 SESSIONS WITH HER AFTER YOU HAD FINALISED POSITIONS WITH FIFOOT.
IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO RECAP NOW WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR VARIOUS
PAPERS:
(246)
(A) PARA 1 ABOVE CONSTITUTES THE FINALISATION (SUBJECT ALWAYS TO DEVELOPMENTS, AS OUTLINED IN FCO TELNO 1896) OF THE CRITIQUE FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES AND FOR BRIEFING
BLDC/BLCC INTERLOCUTORS. THERE IS THUS NO OBSTACLE TO
MEETING MARIA TAM AGAIN AS SOON AS YOU WISH.
(B)
SUBJECT TO YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR ONE COMMENT IN FCO TELNO 2139, THE LINGUISTIC CRITIQUE IS ALSO NOW FINALISED. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PREPARE A FINAL VERSION AND TRANSLATION. (C) THE FIFOOT/SHAO LETTER IS IN SUSPENSION. DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE CHINESE AGREE TO A LEGAL EXPERTS MEETING WE MAY
NEED TO RECAST IT SUBSTANTIALLY.
233 (D) FINALLY, AS AGREED IN FCO TELNO 2022 FIFOOT WILL PUT IN HAND THE ADAPTATION OF THE CRITIQUE INTO A FORM SUITABLE FOR HANDING OVER TO THE CHINESE (ALONG THE LINES OF THE
26 FEBRUARY 1988 PAPER). IF THE CHINESE DO NOT AGREE TO ANOTHER LEGAL EXPERTS MEETING, IT MIGHT WELL BE THAT THIS, COVERED BY AN AMENDED VERSION OF (C) ABOVE, WILL FORM OUR
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