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The Governor wishes to defer a firm decision on the question

of implementation until agreement has been reached with the

Guangdong authorities on a new boundary, and the full extent of

the changes is known. This seems sensible. In the meantime,

they wish to know what our views are on the question of implementation for use in briefing ExCo when they seek the

Council's clearance for instructions for the next round of

talks. We feel that there is a case for considering whether the considerable difficulties involved in pursuing the

implementation of an agreement either with or without the

corresponding legislation, do not actually outweigh the

advantages that may be gained by making early changes to the boundary line. The attached draft telegram therefore proposes that Hong Kong give further consideration to an option identified earlier under which implementation of any agreement would be deferred until after 1997.

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