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side stated that if the British

side restricted the number of

directly elected seats in 1991 to

18, the Chinese side would increase

the number of directly elected

seats of the first SAR legislature

to 20. The Chinese side agreed

with the 5 principles proposed by

the British side for the Election

Committee, but rejected the

composition proposed by the British

side. They insisted that the

composition must be as in Annex I

of the draft version of the Basic

Law.

Seventh, a message from Mr Hurd to

Mr Qian of 12 February 1990. Mr

Hurd confirmed an understanding

that the British side would limit

the number of directly elected

seats in LegCo in 1991 to 18 if the

final version of the Basic Law

provided for 20 directly elected

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