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THE QUICKEST WAY TO ENTRENCH THE BILL WITHOUT DELAY WOULD BE TO AMEND THE LETTERS PATENT. AN ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO LEGISLATE FOR IT IN THE UK. SUGGESTIONS THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS MIGHT BE WATERED DOWN WAS OF SERIOUS CONCERN TO THE ASSOCIATION WHICH BELIEVED THAT THE ENACTMENT AND ENTRENCHMENT OF THE BILL WOULD NOT CONTRAVENE THE

JD OR THE DRAFT BL.

SIR PERCY CRADOCK

8. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD AGAIN SEND SENIOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISER SIR PERCY CRADOCK TO PEKING IN FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS SINO- BRITISH RELATIONS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF HK, WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS, THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (31.1) REPORTED, QUOTING RELIABLE SOURCE IN LONDON. THE PAPER DESCRIBED THE VISIT AS VERY UNUSUAL. IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHETHER A BREAKTHROUGH OVER THE QUESTION OF HK COULD BE ACHIEVED.

NCNA HK BRANCH

9. A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HK BRANCH, QIAO ZONGHUAI, WAS TO REPLACE LI HOU AS A VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, TIN TIN DAILY NEWS (31.1) REPORTED, QUOTING SOURCE IN PEKING. THE PAPER SAID THAT VICE PREMIER WU XUEQIAN WOULD REPLACE JI PENGFEI AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HK AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE. BOTH

MR JI AND MR LI WERE RETIRING.

WILSON

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