TNAG-2724-FCO40-3930-Hong-Kong-political-parties-United-Democrats-of-Hong-Kong-(U-1993 — Page 70

July 1993

PS/No 10

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VISIT TO LONDON BY MR MARTIN LEE AND DR YEUNG SUM (UNITED DEMOCRATS OF HONG KONG) 22

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29 JULY

The Prime Minister should be aware that Mr Martin Lee and

Dr Yeung Sum, Leader and Deputy Leader of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, will be in London 22 29 July. They have asked

Formin to see the Prime Minister, as well as the Secretary of Stato and Mr Goodlad The purpose of this visit is to lobby MPs and the media, and to maintain pressure on us not to make what they would regard as unacceptable concessions in our talks

with China on Hong Kong election arrangements. Neither the)

The Governor [mes said that if the Prime Minister had the

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time and the inclination to see them a call on him would help,

but he would put it no stronger than that.

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The Foreign Secretary and Mr Goodład will be seeing them, we do not think there is a strong case for the Prime Minister

tize to meet the UDHK on this oeeasien. Martin Lee had a good and well publicised meeting with the Prime Minister in May

last year.

A second meeting now would make it harder for us

to refuse similar requests in the coming months from other Hong Kong political leaders.

PRIVATE SECRETARY

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