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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
PERSONA
YOUR TELNO 1155 TO HONG KONG: GENERAL COMPENSATION SCHEME:
CONSULTING THE CHINESE
1.
2.
WE VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THE PROPOSALS IN PARAS 3 AND 4 OF TUR.
WE ALSO SHARE THE VIEW IN PARA 5 THAT JLG XVI WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE OCCASION ON WHICH TO PUT THIS ISSUE TO THE CHINESE. ON THE QUESTION OF IMPOSING A DEADLINE, OUR INCLINATION WOULD BE TO LAY EMPASIS ON THE NEED, FOR REASONS OF EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT, TO TAKE A DECISION AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS BY A CERTAIN DATE, RATHER THAN TO ESTABLISH AT THE OUTSET A DEADLINE FOR THE CONCLUSION OF DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINESE, ALTHOUGH THE TWO ASPECTS ARE OBVIOUSLY RELATED. I AM LESS ATTRACTED BY THE IDEA OF SEEING HOW THINGS GO AND THEN, IF THE CHINESE RESPOND SLUGGISHLY, INTRODUCING A DEALINE FOR COMPLETION OF DISCUSSION. THIS
WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE A MORE COOPERATIVE REACTION. CONSULTATION PERIOD FROM AUGUST TO JLG XVII STRIKES US AS REASONABLE.
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