SECRET
PART IV: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
25. The requirements indicated in the conclusions to
Parts I, II and III of this Annex can be met notwithstanding
relinquishment of sovereignty by the United Kingdom
provided that arrangements are made with the PRC giving
adequate powers and jurisdiction to the UK in the
territory under a management contract, exercisable without
undue interference from the PRC.
26. Whether those requirements could be met after the
incorporation of the territory into the PRC as a Special
Administration Region would depend on the willingness of
the PRC to allow the United Kingdom to exercise such
powers and jurisdiction in part of China under a
management contract without attempting also to exercise
their powers, ie would require an unusual kind of
forbearance.
27.
British law,
British Courts, is
administered by
nevertheless
one
of the foundations upon which
commercial confidence is based.
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