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SGD 2/01/1
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YOUR REF.:
Reph sent PA.
R.D. Clift Esq.,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London
Dear Sick,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT LOWER ALBERT ROAD HONG KONG
4th July 1983
Mr. Hoare M12
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In the course of the preparation of a brief sometime ago, John Griffiths, former Attorney General, prepared the enclosed list of examples on divided sovereignty.
2. We should be grateful if it could be examined to see whether it is complete. There has, for example, been reference to possible U.S. protectorates in the Western Pacific.
3. Would you also consider which of the cases might be most suitable for quoting as examples if we should be challenged and decide to provide details during the negotiations. The cases should be those least likely to give offence to the Chinese. The details of the arrangements
Could Research in the selected cases could then be described. Department please consider this?
4.
As you will see, we have not referred in this list to Macau.
5.
We may be telegraphing further about this, but I wanted to take the opportunity of today's bag to let you have the work which has been done on this subject here letter goes to Percy Cradock in Peking.
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HKK040/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
12 JUL 1983
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