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YRTELNO 913: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (20-28 JUNE)

1. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO BRIEF SIR WILLIAM

GOODHART BEFORE HIS VISIT HERE.

2. WE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (ICJ) SAYING THAT THERE WILL

BE A FOURTH MEMBER OF THE ICJ MISSION: PROFESSOR HANS HEINER

KUHNE OF UNIVERSITY OF TRIER AND MEMBER OF THE GERMAN SECTION OF THE ICJ.

3. AS PART OF THE BRIEFING, WE INTEND TO SEND TO EACH MEMBER OF THE MISSION BACKGROUND MATERIAL INCLUDING OUR REPORTS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, HONG KONG YEAR BOOK 1991, AND YOUR SUBMISSION TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (MARCH 1989), REPORT OF THE FAC ON HONG KONG (JUNE 1989) TOGETHER WITH YOUR OBSERVATIONS ON THE REPORT. THE LATTER DOCUMENTS CONTAIN USEFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON NEGOTIATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

JD AND THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW.

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