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7.

ATTACKING THE PACKAGE

TEX

The

CPG

has

made

four assaults

on

the

constitutional package:

the

(a) During

"plots" to include the

summer, the

CPG condemned British

UDHK in ExCo and to

expand the number of

directly-elected

LegCo

seats.

(b)

After being briefed on the

contents of the

constitutional package, the CPG rejected them

prior Co the Policy Address.

tried to prevent their publication.

The CPG also

(C)

After

the Policy

Address, the

package

was

condemned publicly

as contrary

the Joint

Declaration (JD) and the Basic Law (BL).

(d)

During the Governor's Peking visit, the package

was

condemned

as violating secret

1990

agreements between HMG and the CPG.

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