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YOUR TELNOS 315-316: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE
1. WE AGREE IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REDRESS THE BALANCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS BY MEANS OF A LETTER FROM YOU BASED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SPEECH OF 3 JULY.
2. WE ARE CONTENT WITH YOUR PROPOSED DRAFT LETTER SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS:
(I) PARAGRAPH FIVE: ADD AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE QUOTE SOON AFTER SIR GEOFFREY'S DEPARTURE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE INTRODUCING SUCH A BILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UNQUOTE. (II) PARAGRAPH SIX: DELETE QUOTE A UNQUOTE FROM THE PHRASE QUOTE DEVELOPMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE.
(III) PARAGRAPH SEVEN: THE REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 18 RELATES TO THE DRAFT BASIC LAW NOT (NOT) TO THE JOINT DECLARATION. (AS IT STANDS, ARTICLE 18 OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW ALLOWS THE IMPOSITION OF NATIONAL LAWS IN HONG KONG AT TIMES OF CRISIS).
(IV) REPLACE FINAL SENTENCE OF LETTER WITH QUOTE THIS AND THE OTHER MEASURES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE ONES WHICH HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WILL PURSUE WITH VIGOUR AS PART OF ITS WIDER AND UNCHANGED COMMITMENT TO THE FULL AND FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. UNQUOTE.
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