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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNOS 896 897 TO HONG KONG: FAC REPORT ON HONG KONG

WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING, MAINLY MINOR, COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT TEXT IN SECOND TUR :

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PARA 1, LINE 6 INSERT ''SECRETARY' AFTER COMMONWEALTH''. PARA 3, LAST SENTENCE: THE FINAL PART OF THIS SENTENCE ("...TO THOSE APPLICABLE...'') IS UNCLEAR. IS SOMETHING MISSING?

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PARA 6, LINE 5 :

INSERT ''SEEK'' BEFORE

PARA 6, LINE 11 : SUBSTITUTE ''39'' FOR

'REDRESS'. '30''.

PARA 11, FIFTH SENTENCE : SUBSTITUTE ''SUBSEQUENTLY'' FOR ''DURING 1989'' (SINCE THE ARGUMENT WE PUT TO THE CHINESE EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS THAT PUBLIC PRESSURE FOR A MORE RAPID RATE OF PROGRESS PRE-DATED THE EVENTS IN PEKING OF JUNE 1989).

PARA 14, LINE 4: IT MIGHT BE AS WELL TO EXPAND ''UP TO 2003'' TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE TERM OF THE LEGISLATURE REFERRED TO LASTS UNTIL 2007.

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PARA 17, LAST SENTENCE : IS THE FIGURE QUOTED CORRECT?

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