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WORKS OF CHAIRMAN MAO TSE TUNG AND THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES
for consistent att
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STUDY PROVIDED THAT THEY DO NOT CONFLICT
the for for myintenance of law and order,
WITH THE LAW WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION TO ALL WITHOUT
DISCRIMINATION.
may
Within the framework of the law there viguer be enjoyed and will be protected.
4. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT
EVENTS THE POSITION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PERSONS NOW SERVING
PRISON SENTENCES IN HONG KONG MAY BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO
THE CPG. BEARING IN MIND THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SANCTITY OF JUDICIAL
DECISIONS, WHICH IS A FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR IN THE LAW OF HONG KONG, Jalan
THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS BEFORE THE NORMAL EXPIRY OF THEIR
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SENTENCES WOULD PRESENT SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES. THE DIFFICULTIES of reb
WOULD BE ESPECIALLY GREAT IN REGARD TO THE RELEASE IN HONG
KONG OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED SEMICOLON BUT OTHER POSSIBILITIES
MIGHT FORM A BASIS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
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substitute final malèse of
Mara 5, 70 POINT of 403.
5. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT
OUT THAT IT IS ALWAYS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THEMSELVES
TO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY INJURED OR THEIR PROPERTY TO HAVE BEEN
normal legal Areen. WRONGFULLY DAMAGED TO SEEK REDRESS BY CIVIL ACTION IN THE COURTS
6. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DO NOT SHARE CHINESE VIEWS THAT
IN THE ABSENCE OF A SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OVER HONG KONG
OTHER PROBLEMS IN SINO BRITISH RELATIONS CANNOT IN THE MEANTIME
BE PROFITABLY DISCUSSED. ON THE CONTRARY, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
BELIEVE THAT FAILURE TO APPROACH OTHER QUESTIONS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE
SPIRIT CAN ONLY OBSTRUCT FRUITFUL CONSIDERATION OF PRESENT
DIFFICULTIES IN HONG KONG. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONTINUING FAILURE
TO RESTORE NORMAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN
PEKING AND LONDON, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC
PRACTICE, CAN ONLY THROW DOUBT UPON THE LIKLIHOOD OF ACHIEVING
RESULTS IN NEGOTIATION ON OTHER MATTERS AND SERIOUSLY IMPEDE THE
REGULAR DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THE BRITISH
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