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Introduction)

FROM: P F Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 12 November 1993

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PS/Mr Goodlad

Sir J Coles

Mr Culshaw, News Dept

Mr Fry, FED

-Special Advisers

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HONG KONG: DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

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1.

At one of the Secretary of State's Office Meetings on Hong

Kong earlier this week, the Governor mentioned that we had in

hand a draft White Paper, to be published quickly in the event

that the Chinese side broke off the talks.

2.

It is possible that we could be in this situation by early

December. I therefore thought that the Secretary of State might

wish to have a first look at the present draft of the White

Paper. It might be suitable reading for the flight home from

Delhi.

I attach the draft. It assumes that the Chinese side have

broken off the talks after we had introduced legislation on the

first stage issues. It is organised on the following lines:

3.

- A personal introduction from the Secretary of State which is

intended to be a snappy presentation of our political case (only this part is copied to copy addressees).

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