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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).
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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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