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narrowed down to in your belief that under pressure the
British Government went back from perhaps a quarter of the
total of Legco being directly elected, not in 1987, but a
smaller amount in 1991. That, I may say it's an important
charge, but it is a very much less serious charge than the
very grave one with which you began your statement.
MK MARTIN LEE: I do not believe that I made the statement
that the intention to mislead was there right from the
beginning
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as we say.
CHAIRMAN:
Well, we seem to be at an impasse on this.
The impression has been purveyed to, I think the use of the
phrase "broken promises of the good faith of the British
Government" was in question by your remarks made under oath.
MR MARTIN LEE:
Yes.
CHAIRMAN:
I think in a sense, which is a pity, that
this issue has also put a cloud over this exchange, because
many of the things that you've had to say on the development
of democracy are things which would strike a chord of
sympathy with Parliamentarians from Westminster, so I think
perhaps we should end this session on perhaps not the
happiest note, but noting that the exchanges have been
extremely useful on the issues of democratization.
understand your viewpoint very clearly indeed, but it won't
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