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of municipal law and does not affect the basis question of
whether the Agreement applies to Hong Kong, beyond the fact
that the extension to an enactment in Hong Kong of Legislation
to implement the Agreement would be evidence of the UK's
understanding that the Agreement does apply to Hong Kong.
4.
You may pass the gist of the above to the Chinese:
would be helpful to know if their view of the international
it
position is the same.
SIGNED:
A J RAMSAY
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