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FM HONG KONG

TO TELELETTER CANBERRA

TELELETTER NFR

OF 201354Z MAY 91

INFO TELELETTER FCO

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FROM: C I C JACKSON

FOR: W C PATEY ESQ COPIED TO: C J SAINTY,

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FCO TELELETTER OF 10 MAY: HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS

1. I BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE KIRBY HAS GIVEN YOU THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE MISSION TO BE SENT TO HONG KONG BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS (ICJ) BETWEEN 20 AND 28 JUNE. BUT CORRESPONDENCE WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE ICJ SECRETARY- GENERAL, ADAMA DIENG, STATES THAT THE 3-MAN MISSION WILL COMPRISE SIR WILLIAM GOODHART, THE HON JOHN DOWD, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NEW SOUTH WALES, AND A SENIOR BARRISTER FROM THE MALAYSIAN BAR, Y M RAJA AZIZ ADDRUSE.

2. JUSTICE KIRBY WILL BE IN HONG KONG AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE ICJ MISSION TO ADDRESS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HONG KONG'S BILL OR RIGHTS BEING HELD HERE 20-22 JUNE. KIRBY IS APPARENTLY A MEMBER OF THE ICJ. HE MAY BELIEVE THAT HE CAN FEED SOME OF HIS IDEAS TO THE MISSION.

3. THE GOVERNOR MET KIRBY DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO AUSTRALIA AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN SYDNEY ON 14 MAY. KIRBY CAME ACROSS AS A SINGLE-MINDED ZEALOT WITH A PASSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. HE DESCRIBED MARTIN LEE AS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MAN HE HAD EVER MET'. HE IS LIKELY TO VISIT HONG KONG WITH MANY PRECONCEIVED IDEAS. ANY INPUT HE MAKES TO THE ICJ MISSION WILL PROBABLY BE CRITICAL OF HKG AND OF HMG'S POSITION ON HONG KONG.

SIGNED CIC JACKSON

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