Nigel Cox
HKD
FCO
British Embassy
11 Guang Hua Lu Jian Guo Men Wai
Peking People's Republic of China
Telex 22191 Cable Prodrome Peking Telephone 521961/2/3/4/5
Your reference
Our reference
Date
25 June 1992
HKC 012LL
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
-9 JUL 199?
DESK OFFIC.
Rev Nofel,
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INDEX
TO AMEND OR NOT TO AMEND
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1. I enclose Mr Zhu's translation of an article in the ''Legal Daily'' on 15 June which sets out very lucidly the Chinese view that it is both inappropriate and impossible to amend the Basic Law before 1997, legally and practically.' You might like to copy it to Ms Barrett, in light of her useful minute of 9 June 1992.
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