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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, CANBERRA

PEKING TELNO 829, CANBERRA TELNO 305 AND YOUR TELNO 375: HONG KONG

TALKS: LETTER FROM ICJ

1. WE TOO AGREE WITH THE WAY IN WHICH SIR R. MCLAREN PROPOSES TO

REPLY TO JUSTICE KIRBY. YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT JUSTICE KIRBY SENT A COPY OF HIS LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR ON 16 JUNE, TO WHICH THE GOVERNOR REPLIED THAT QUOTE I HAVE NOTED THAT YOU WERE CONCERNED THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT WOULD BACK DOWN FROM SUPPORTING

MY CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE YOU

THAT SUPPORT FOR MY PROPOSALS BY LONDON IS AS SOLID AS EVER. WE ARE, AS YOU ARE AWARE, IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING WITH CHINA THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS IN HONG KONG. OUR AIM IS THAT THE AGREEMENTS ARISING FROM THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BE FAIR, OPEN AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE.

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