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IDEAS ABOUT BUILDING IN SAFEGUARDS AGAINST 1997. WITH THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP IN A BELEAGUERED MOOD HONG KONG SHOULD AVOID DOING OR SAYING ANYTHING PROVOCATIVE. HE WAS CONTEMPTUOUSLY DISMISSIVE OF THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA (INSPIRED BY WESTERN IDEAS): OF PRESSURE FOR MORE DEMOCRACY: AND PARTICULARLY OF LIBERALS LIKE MARTIN LEE: FAMILIAR THEMES BUT IN SHARPER TONES THAN USUAL.
6. A GOOD DEAL OF VINTAGE LEE. BUT SOME INTERESTING, AND POTENTIALLY CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS ABOUT PASSPORTS WHICH COULD BE HELPFUL IN HONG KONG, AND DOUBTLESS HAVE A BENEFICIAL SPIN-OFF IN SINGAPORE AS WELL.
SIGNED SIR D WILSON
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