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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

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Ms. Kay Saunders

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth office

Dear Kay.

28 December 1993

03 MAR

White Paper

During Stanley Ying's absence

temporarily looking after the White Paper.

from leave, I am

There have been a few exchanges on the appropriate wording for the "no unilateral legislation" point, resting with Peter Ricketts' letter of 22 December to Martin Dinham. To be doubly sure before we amend our master copy of the White Paper, it would be most helpful if you would confirm that the whole of the new paragraph 43 as suggested Peter Lai's letter of 15 December should now be deleted, to be replaced by the following:

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reassertion,

addition,

in the context of the discussion of a

the Chinese side's

We should not

first-stage agreement, that

legislate unilaterally on any matter not agreed

with the Chinese side, remained an obstacle."

Jums scriendly учто

(Joseph Y.T. Lai)

for Secretary for constitutional Affairs

c.c. Mr. Martin Dinham, GĦ

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