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Mr Burns

Private Secretary

CONFIDENTIAL

FROM:

DATE:

CC:

PF Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

12 September 1991

PS/Lord Caithness

PS/PUS

Sir J Coles

Mr Davies, FED

Mr Wye, RAD

Miss Brooks,

Legal Advisers

HONG KONG: BASIC LAW: LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER FROM

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I submit a short draft reply from the Prime Minister to

letter of 5 September and a draft PS letter to

PS/No 10 explaining the background.

1.

A

2.

I have alerted the Private Secretary to the fact that No

10 have asked for this reply today 12 September.

drafted the letter from the Prime Minister to

to avoid raising any new point of policy.

We have

;

PF Ricketts

I am sorry for the delay, but this is a tiitelish isane. After considerable taught and discussion 2 believe that this is the nightt and of arpone. I know that Mo Will wanted to treep the amply brief.

LABAEI/1

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A

CONFIDENTIAL

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Redacted under FOI exemptions 27(1), 40(2) and 41. 12/4

duth

مسا

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