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HONG KONG CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Problem
1.
To secure Cabinet approval for the political and
constitutional proposals which the Governor wishes to announce
on 7 October (and on which the Secretary of State will wish to brief the Chinese Foreign Minister on 25 September).
Recommendation
2.
That the Secretary of State should minute the Prime Minister, copying to OPD (K) colleagues, outlining the proposals and their implications and seeking approval for them without a meeting. I submit a draft minute, which the Governor and Mr Goodlad agreed in Hong Kong on 7 September.
Background
3.
Hong Kong telno 2183 summarises the Governor's conclusions on what decisions and proposals he should announce in his address to the Legislative Council on 7 October. The main points are discussed in the attached draft minute, and its
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