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members of the Five April Action Group.

4. I have therefore considered what our input should be. A

Hong Kong lawyer should certainly be present but we also need a political officer to defend policy on human rights in

Hong Kong. I think that the Political Adviser would be best

placed to do this, or, failing that, the Deputy Political

Adviser. The alternative would be to field someone from

London. But this would be a much less satisfactory

solution.

5.

We have alerted Hong Kong to the need to think about

In the meantime, I should be grateful for comments.

this.

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ARPanc

A R Paul

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