TNAG-2220-FCO40-3188-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Public-Order-Ordinance-1991 — Page 85

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Hong Kong Department

DATE: 4 June 1991

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The Minister has already commented that he remains unhappy with Hong Kong telno 1744.

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2. Hong Kong have now telephoned to say that they need our comments overnight on this telegram in order to prepare a paper for ExCo. We had been expecting them to telegraph again before they took further steps (para 5 of Hong Kong telno 1744 implies this).

3. Unless the Governor can come up with better arguments, I think that we must tell Hong Kong that we would prefer them not to go to ExCo. I elaborate our case in the attached

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4. Previous exchanges are also attached.

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