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2 9 OCT 1991

28 October 1991

Foreign & Commonwealth

Office

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SE Bradley Esq

Deputy Political Adviser

HONG KONG

Dev

Stephe

London SW1A 2AH

Telephone: 071-

COURT DECISIONS ARISING FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS

1. Thank you for copying us Mr John Leung's minute to you of 9 October. As you are aware, we are very interested in these cases. We are asking our Legal Advisers to look at them in greater detail, in particular with respect to a possible reaction. I should, therefore, be grateful if you would forward us a copy of the judgement referred to in para 2 of John Leung's minute.

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I should also be interested in your own views on whether the Chinese will eventually react, and how we should then play it.

It is interesting that this has not yet been raised by NCNA, or by the Chinese JLG team. However, we should not mistake this for indifference, since we do know that the Chinese have been taking an interest in these cases.

Yours ever

S Riordan

Hong Kong Department

cc: Mr John C Y Leung

Constitutional Affairs Branch, Hong Kong Charles Garrett Esq, UKREP JLG Hong Kong

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