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14.

Their

task might be

assisted if HKG decided to

publish a White Paper on the 1995 Election arrangements

before the New Year:

(a) This document would

help to fill the current

(b)

(c)

vacuum.

It would allow HKG to review constitutional

options in depth for public consumption.

It would provide a more

public

debate

and

concrete focus for

help

to

generate

counter-proposals. (However, a White Paper

might

appear a "provocative" gesture, implying

that the consultation process had been ended.)

ENGAGING THE CPG

15.

Because the CPG's attacks on the constitutional

package dominate the Hong Kong political agenda at present:

(a) the CPG is able to focus on a single issue;

(b)

and

LU Ping and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs

Office

have a simple situation to manage, for

which "struggle" tactics echoing the Cultural

Revolution seem appropriate.

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