GRS 130
MMEDIATE
RES
•CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
REST
16 DEC 1974
FM FCO 131845Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 1097 OF 13 DECEMBER 1974
YOUR TELNO 1252:
1.
COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COIN
QUESTION TURNS ON WHETHER OR NOT REFERENCE IN ARTICLE 3(1) OF HONG KONG (COINAGE) ORDER 1936 TO
CAN BE HELD TO COVER 22-CARAT GOLD. ON THIS POINT AND CANNOT LET YOU HAVE
OTHER MIXED METAL'’
WE MUST TAKE LEGAL ADVICE
A DEFINITIVE REPLY TODAY.
2. AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM COULD ARISE FROM HUNDRED-DOLLAR LIMITATION ON VALUE OF COIN IN ARTICLE 4(1): THIS IS FAR LESS THAN ACTUAL VALUE OF COIN WOULD BE. GRATEFUL THEREFORE
FOR INDICATION OF HOW YOU WOULD INTEND TO GET ROUND THIS PROBLEM.
3.
SUBJECT TO CLARIFICATION ON THIS POINT AND LEGAL POSITION,
MWE SEE NO OTHER OBJECTIONS TO YOUR PROPOSAL.
CALLAGHAN
FILES.
HKLOD.
FRD.
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MALE
MA MARSHALL
SIR D. MAITLAND.
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