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OF 030414Z JUNE 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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Action Takeri
PEKING TELNO 768 AND YOUR TELNO 550: 1994 DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS
1.
I DO NOT THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DRAW THE CHINESE ATTENTION TO THE ORDER. UKREP JLG CONCURS. IF WE DO SO, THEY WILL BE OBLIGED TO COMPLAIN AND WILL PROBABLY ASK US TO STOP THE ORDER PROCEEDING TO LEGCO, WHICH WE CANNOT DO. WE WILL THEN HAVE SIMPLY RAISED THE TEMPERATURE.
2.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT IN DECIDING NOT (NOT) TO FOREWARN THE CHINESE ABOUT THE ORDER, EXCO WAS PARTICULARLY MINDFUL THAT GIVEN THE BACKGROUND OF THE CHINESE ASKING US TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE BEC BILL, THE GAZETTING OF THE ORDER SHOULD BE HANDLED IN AS LOW-KEY A WAY AS POSSIBLE. NOT THEREFORE BE ISSUING A PRESS RELEASE ON IT.
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