TNAG-2174-FCO40-3111-Hong-Kong-Bill-of-Rights-1990 — Page 54

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MDHIAN 4999

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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG,

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 161

HKD 2441

19 JUN 1990

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG

OF 150607Z JUN 90

INFO ROUTINE BT HONG

CONG

| 119" AMULETU

FIST

TRY

REGISTRY Action Taken

Tel aut (igreed)

да

For

1516.

YOUR TELNO 1130: THE CHINESE AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS

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1. THERE IS A SLIGHT CONFUSION IN PARA 2 OF HK TELNO 1849. IN FACT THE MEETING I HAVE ARRANGED WITH GUO IS ONE OF MY SERIES OF LUNCHES WITH HIM, WHICH WOULD NOT BE A SUITABLE OCCASION FOR A FORMAL BRIEFING. IN ANY CASE HKG WILL NOT REACH A FINAL VIEW ON AMENDMENTS UNTIL A MEETING CHAIRED BY THE GOVERNOR ON 26 JUNE. I THINK IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO ANTICIPATE THAT MEETING. I WOULD PROPOSE INSTEAD TO GIVE GUO A GENERAL INDICATION OF THE AREAS UNDER REVIEW, AND SAY THAT ONCE WE HAD TAKEN A FINAL VIEW WE BELIEVED IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ARRANGE A BRIEFING FOR HIM. WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT THIS BE DONE BY MICHAEL SUEN IN HIS OFFICE. I WOULD BE PRESENT.

2. WE ARE IN GENERAL CONTENT WITH THE DRAFTING CHANGES SUGGESTED IN PARA 1 OF YOUR TUR. THE INSERTION OF QUOTE SMALL UNQUOTE CAN CERTAINLY BE DEFENDED AND INDEED THE POINT MIGHT BE REINFORCED BY REPLACING QUOTE TO BE AMENDED BY UNQUOTE BY QUOTE SLIGHT AMENDMENTS UNQUOTE. IN VIEW OF PARA 1 ABOVE, IT MIGHT BE MORE ACCURATE TO SAY QUOTE MR GALSWORTHY WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AMBASSADOR GUO UP TO DATE ON OUR LATEST THINKING UNQUOTE.

3. HKG AGREE.

GALSWORTHY

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