TNAG-2448-FCO40-3564-Elections-in-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1992 — Page 90

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Zvonk

10.

CONFIDENTIAL

What the Governor said was absolutely right.

There were no secret agreements. But there was certainly an understanding a very public one that the British side would continue to press for more directly elected seats for 1995. And this is clearly spelt out in the exchanges.

Did ExCo see all these messages?

ExCo was fully consulted throughout these

exchanges and saw the text of all the

correspondence between the two Foreign

Ministers.

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12.

Did they see the other papers in the batch you have

just released?

Not clear from the ExCo minutes whether they saw the detailed texts of all these other papers; but they were kept fully in the picture throughout.

Did ExCo agree with the line taken in the exchanges?

it would not be

to comment proper EXCO were fully consulted but you cannot expect me to comment on their discussions, en-thig which cre

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confidential matter. EXCO members' advice is given

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ExCo

confidentially and this must be respected.

Has the present ExCo been consulted about the

proposed release?

Yes.

CONFIDENTIAL

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