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Mr Hum

PS/Mr Goodlad

PS/Mr Patten

CONFIDENTIAL

PA

FROM: P F Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 10 June 1992

cc: Sir J Coles

Special Advisers

HONG KONG: POLITICAL GAMEPLAN

1.

At Mr Goodlad's meeting with Mr Patten last week, it was agreed that we should produce two further papers for Mr Patten:

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a calendar of the main events in his first months as Governor, with an indication of how the main political issues should be handled over this period;

- a paper setting out ideas for adjusting the relationship between the Governor, the Executive and the Legislature.

2.

I now submit the first of these papers. I have cast it in the form of a gameplan. A also attach a first draft of the political elements for the Governor's speech on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July. These are intended to convey a signal about the Governor's personal approach, without exposing surface which the Chinese could attack.

3.

We will be submitting the second paper shortly.

Becheth

PF Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

HKD 010/1

BE3ABE

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