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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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TELNO 275

OF 27013OZ MARCH 90

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP

HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 400: BASIC LAW: ARTICLES 106 AND 24(4) AND VALIDITY OF BASIC LAW

1. IN VIEW OF CHEN'S NEGATIVE RESPONSE, WE SEE LITTLE CHANCE OF SECURING FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE BASIC LAW AT THIS STAGE. 2. AS REGARDS PARA 6 OF TUR, THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE 24(4) AT THE LAST LEGAL EXPERTS MEETING ON 19 JANUARY. ARTICLE 24(4) WAS ONLY MENTIONED BRIEFLY ON THAT OCCASION SO THAT IT COULD NOT BE SAID THAT WE HAD DROPPED THE POINT. SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE 24(4) TOOK PLACE BETWEEN DARWIN CHEN, BOSHER AND LING WITH ZHENG WEIRONG AND OTHERS ON 2 MARCH CHONG KONG TELNO 794). YOU MAY WISH TO REFER CHEN TO THEIR RECORD OF THIS MEETING.

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57

DISTRIBUTION

60

.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

.(RESTRICTED)

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

RESEARCH D (FE)

PUSD NEWS D

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/LORD BRABAZON

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

ADDITIONAL

3

MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS

MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS

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