Convention. A substantial number of berselance have accepted extension, but we have brotino fur notified the fact to the commial d) Euage (untal the full effect of adsaft protocal to the convention is Rusion). HMG is so only government t
fai
have ratified anyway.
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While therefore it would be preferable for thong Hong to accept extension of forsible, there read
be no tearing hurry about it.
It is true abs that
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as, since AMG " contracts in "oves territorial extension
Rather than "contrasts out, Hong Kong will not be
publicly named as
not accepting extension this
of course is not to any that some
unfavourabess
Critic may not notice the swission And ithand
attention to it
But of the time required to undertake
legal examination of the oventions in relation to HK lepidation
is not expected to be lony, we
Courue
right accept the proposed by the fove nas in fare 4 (),
Qubject to your
affecting
views on the validity of "public amargang
the life of the nations
as applied to Hong Kong.
As to the forcenars alternature proporal in
peva. 5 DC), we can,
Ithurls reamwe hun that
AMG
have no intention whatever of making an declaration under Article 25 (I would conforme
(Iwould with the FD that this is still the new). Of that is.
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and the "public emergency" view of Hong Kong is upheld here we work than to consult the Fe about the poppin
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gency in order to make the spation, hun.inity
" with reference to the bur's comment about derogations, I do not know on how large a scale these would reed to le. Ley impression is that thing might be small. The mim difficially is the receventy to declare the "public livergener," in ware to make them
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