TNAG-1863-FCO40-2643-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 62

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

YOUR TELNOS 1044-1045. BASIC LAW: DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE: THE WAY FORWARD: FIFOOT/SHAO LETTER.

1.

WE HAVE ONLY TWO MINOR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT TEXT IN

SECOND TUR:

(A) WE SUGGEST

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''BL

''SAR

'SARG''

'CPG'' AND

''CE'' BE GIVEN IN FULL, RATHER THAN ABBREVIATED FORM, WHERE THEY APPEAR IN THE TEXT, SINCE FULL REFERENCES TO ''JOINT DECLARATION'' ''BASIC LAW'', ETC APPEAR ELSEWHERE IN THE TEXT.

(B) WE ARE ALL AGREED THAT, DESPITE A FURTHER EXCHANGE BETWEEN LEGAL EXPERTS APPEARING UNLIKELY, FIFOOT'S LETTER SHOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT WE WOULD STILL WELCOME SUCH A MEETING. THIS IS BROUGHT OUT AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE DRAFT TEXT. BUT GIVEN THAT A FURTHER MEETING DOES SEEM UNLIKELY, WE WONDER WHETHER THERE MIGHT NOT BE MERIT IN EXPANDING ON THE POINTS MADE IN PARAS 8 AND 9 OF THE DRAFT TEXT.

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