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FROM: S D PATTISON, WASHINGTON

TO:

P RICKETTS ESQ. HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO

CC:

S BRADLEY ESQ., HONG KONG CHANCERY, PEKING

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HKO Q1/22

US/HONG KONG POLICY ACT

1. AS FORESHADOWED IN MY TELELETTER OF 7 AUGUST, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE US/HONG KONG POLICY ACT ON 11 AUGUST. THE PLAN WAS FOR THE SENATE TO VOTE IMMEDIATELY ON THE HOUSE

VERSION SO THAT A JOINT HOUSE/SENATE BILL COULD BE PUT TO THE PRESIDENT. (ALTHOUGH THE SENATE HAD PREVIOUSLY PASSED ITS OWN VERSION, KEY SENATORS AGREED THAT SINCE THE HOUSE VERSION WAS SO CLOSE TO IT, AND SINCE THEY HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PREPARING THE AMENDMENTS THAT APPEARED IN THE HOUSE VERSION THERE WOULD BE NO

NEED FOR A FORMAL HOUSES/SENATE CONFERENCE TO RECONCILE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO BILLS.) UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF PRESSURE OF OTHER BUSINESS THE SENATE FAILED TO ACT BEFORE IT WENT INTO RECESS

ON 12 AUGUST. THE BILL WILL NOT THEREFORE BE TAKEN UP UNTIL THE

SENATE RETURNS ON 8 SEPTEMBER.

SIGNED S D PATTISON

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