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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PRESS REPORT, 16 AUGUST.
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JOHN ELLISON OF THE ORIENTAL DAILY, QUOTING FCO SOURCES, REPORTED THAT ROUND 10 OF THE TALKS WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HELD UNTIL AFTER 4 SEPTEMBER: THE THREE WEEK BREAK WAS TO ENABLE BOTH SIDES TO REVIEW PROGRESS. THEREAFTER, HOWEVER, TALKS WOULD BE HELD EVERY WEEK. THE SOURCES WERE ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT A
SPECIAL CABINET MEETING WOULD BE HELD BEFORE YOUR MEETING WITH THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER IN LATE SEPTEMBER. THE REPORT SPECULATED
THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
COMMENT.
2. THIS IS THE MOST SPECIFIC OF SEVERAL REFERENCES OVER THE
LAST FEW DAYS IN THE HONG KONG PRESS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A 'SPECIAL CABINET MEETING' ON HONG KONG BEFORE YOUR MEETING AT UNGA WITH QIAN QICHEN. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF PEKING, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IN RESPONSE TO ANY JOURNALISTS WHO ASK US ABOUT THIS, THAT THERE ARE NO PRESENT PLAN TO HOLD SUCH A MEETING, THOUGH MINISTER ARE OF COURSE FOLLOWING THE TALKS CLOSELY. IF IT BECOME DESIRABLE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO RETURN TO LONDON AT ANY POINT FOR ANOTHER SERIES OF CONSULTATIONS WITH MINISTERS, HE WOULD NATURALLY DO SO.
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