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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1830
REQUEST FROM MARTIN LEE
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO MR MARTIN LEE. HE IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE CHANCE OF
MEETING MR MAUDE WITH OTHER OMELCO MEMBERS WHEN MR MAUDE
VISITS HONG KONG. HOWEVER HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP THE INVITATION
OFFERED IN TUR IF HE WILL HAVE TIME FOR A FULL DISCUSSION CONE HOUR). WE HAVE SAID THE AIRCRAFT TIMINGS WOULD APPEAR TO
ALLOW FOR THIS BUT GRATEFUL FOR URGENT WARNING IF THIS WILL NOT
BE POSSIBLE.
2. YOU MAY FIND PARAS 3-5 USEFUL FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING.
ROMAN
3. MARTIN LEE, QC, JP, BORN 1938. MARRIED WITH ONE SON. CATHOLIC. PRACTISING BARRISTER. MEMBER OF LEGCO REPRESENTING
THE LEGAL (FOLLOWING WORD IN SQUARE BRACKETS) FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY. CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL: AND MEMBER OF BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF HONG KONG, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
4. MARTIN LEE HAS BEEN CALLED HONG KONG'S LEADING 'DEMOCRAT'.
HE IS AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS, PARTICULARLY ON POLITICAL REFORM AND THE RIGHT OF ABODE. HE IS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE FOR THE SUPPORT OF PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS OF CHINA, A LOOSE FEDERATION OF LIBERAL POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS FORMED IN RESPONSE TO THE STUDENT MOVEMENT IN PEKING. BOTH LEE AND THE CHAIRMAN, LEGCO COLLEAGUE SZETO WAH, HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY THE CHINESE SINCE JUNE 4 MOST NOTABLY IN A PEOPLE'S DAILY ARTICLE ON 26 JULY FOR 'SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES'.
5. THOUGH WIDELY CONSIDERED A RADICAL, EVENTS IN CHINA HAVE ENHANCED LEE'S STANDING AND BROUGHT HIM MORE RESPECT FROM SOME,
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