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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 528

OF 201645Z MARCH 91

INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 813: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL

INSTRUCTIONS

1.

WE AGREE THAT IT IS PRUDENT TO ENSURE WE BOTH KNOW EXACTLY

WHERE WE STAND ON THE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN OUR AMENDMENTS TO THE LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS. WE ARE THEREFORE FAXING TO MICHAEL SUEN (SECRETARY OF CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS) A REVISED DRAFT OF THE AMENDING LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE CONTENT WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND THAT THEY COVER ALL THE FACETS OF THE ISSUES WHICH YOU CONSIDER ARE NECESSARY. WE TAKE THE POINT ABOUT THE POSSIBLE NEED TO PROCEED WITH PART OF THESE AMENDMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AMENDMENTS. WE WILL CONSIDER WITH YOU NEARER THE TIME WHETHER THIS IS IN FACT NECESSARY.

WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND POINTS RAISED IN TUR, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:

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(A) PARA 6. WE ARE NOT CLEAR WHAT PROVISIONS YOU ARE REFERRING TO AT THE END OF PARA 6. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD

INDICATE PRECISELY WHAT YOUR SUGGESTION IS.

(B) PARA 7. WE AGREE WITH THE POINT MADE IN PARA 6 OF YOUR TELNO 434 AND HAVE INCORPORATED THE MATTER INTO THE ADDITIONAL

INSTRUCTIONS.

(C) PARA 9 OF TUR. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE TEXT PROPOSED IN YOUR TELNO 734 AND HAVE INCORPORATED THE PROPOSED WORDING IN THE REVISED ADDITIONAL

INSTRUCTIONS.

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