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Mr. Paul plspection

Thank you. He need to following with advice on para 5. One that is done. I think that the SS should write to Mr. Gorne.

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21 MAY 1991

KAM Saunders. REGISTR

Hong Kong Department

INDEX

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Action Far

PS/Lord Caithness

Sir J Coles

Mr Burns

Mr Davies, FED

Mr Crystal, News D

Special Advisers

Mr. Paul

Private Secretary

CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY MRS TERESA GORMAN MP

1. Mrs Gorman called on the Secretary of State at 10.00 am on 23 April. The meeting lasted approximately half an

hour.

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Mrs Gorman said she knows Hong Kong quite well and has in the past done business there. She was concerned about the future, and wanted to make two main points. Her first

concern was the LegCo elections: she did not feel that Britain was doing enough to help the embryo political parties of Hong Kong with the technical and organisational aspects of holding successful elections. Financial resources were also a problem, and many of the people involved were politically naive. We should be inviting them over here to learn about election techniques or, better still, sending suitable advisers out to Hong Kong.

Mrs Gorman quoted the example of the Americans, who had paid for people, including some British MPs, to go to Latin America to help advise the new democratic parties there

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