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TELEGRAM NUMBER 444 OF 22 SEPTEMBER 82
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AND TO INFO ROUTINE UKREP PRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG
WITHDRAWAL OF HONG KONG FROM INTERNATIONAL COFFEE
AGREEMENT 1976.
1. THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG HAS ASKED THAT THE
INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT 1976 CEASE TO APPLY TO THAT
TERRITORY FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 1982.
2.
THE UK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 64 OF THIS AGREEMENT.
THE UK EXTENDED THE AGREEMENT TO HONG KONG BY INCLUDING
THAT TERRITORY IN OUR RATIFICATION ON 19 JULY 1976. IT
FALLS TO THE UK TO GIVE EFFECT TO HONG KONG'S REQUEST BY
MAKING THE DECLARATION REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 64.3.
3. YOU ARE THEREFORE INSTRUCTED TO DELIVER A NOTE TO THE
UK SECRETARY GENERAL IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS. THE NOTE SHOULD
BE SIGNED BY THE AMBASSADOR.
'I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COFFEE
AGREEMENT 1975, OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AT NEW YORK ON 31
JANUARY 1976.
ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF
STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS I AM DIRECTED TO
INFORM YOU THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 64(3), THE AGREEMENT WILL CEASE TO EXTEND TO HONG
KONG AT MIDNIGHT ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1982.
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REQUEST THAT THE OTHER PARTIES TO THIS
AGREEMENT ARE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE FOREGOING.'
5. FOR PROCEDURAL REASONS THIS SHOULD BE DELIVERED OF
30 SEPTEMBER 1982.
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7.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD INFORM US WHEN THIS HAS BEEN DONE.
IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE UK WILL WISH TO NOTIFY
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