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on

3 November or on 5 November or to Round 16, to contest this understanding.

Para 44, penultimate word:

Para 51,

at an point prior

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"this" not "their". done

fifth tiret: passage in brackets to read

the tense was ambiguous in the

"or have committed Chinese statement).

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"built" not "build".

"Constituencies" missing at end.

Para 52, penultimate sentence:

Para 53, heading:

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Para 56: vote"

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as

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sentences

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after "the

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put!

"The Legislative Council voted in follows: favour of the single-seat, single-vote method on July

15 1992 and since then leaders of both the two main a' shortened.

parties have confirmed their support for it.

no sense

to

draft introduce

legislation

It made

which,

against LegCo's known wishes, deliberately excluded

a voting method which was LegCo elections from

apply to the other two tiers of government."

Part IV: The Way Ahead

(preading)

I mentioned in Paper draft

on

that at the

we

letter a

earlier an

was there

need felt end of the

paper

a

passage

to

White for A explaining

succinctly what was at stake in the talks (a puppet legislature or

one

would which

be demonstrably

capable of defending Hong Kong's interests) and why no agreement was better consulted the Governor

than

on again

I have bad one. a

this point and he I

remains of the view that such a passage is needed.

If you agree, the best way attach a suggested draft.

IV might be within Part of incorporating

Such an

this

immediately before para 75 in the draft. expanded passage final section might then be more appropriately named "Conclusion and Way Forward".

Para 76: One final amendment to

the last sentence.

We suggest adding "on these remaining issues" after

egislation".

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Meti

(M.J. Dinham)

Personal Adviser to the Governor

Nigel Cox Esq

British Embassy, Peking

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