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5. ON ARTICLE 7 IT IS A PITY THAT THE CHINESE HAVE NOT GONE
FOR THE MORE PERMISSIVE WORDING, BUT SINCE WE HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED THE WORDING WHICH THEY ARE NOW PROPOSING, AND SINCE
AGREEMENT AS WELL,
WE ASSUME THAT THE
THEY ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT IT IN THE HONG KONG VISA OFFICE
THERE SEEMS NO FURTHER BASIS TO ARGUE THIS. CHANGE WILL NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR HONG KONG, SINCE THE DEGREE OF IMMUNITY BEING OFFERED WITH THE REVISED WORDING IS LESS THAN WE WERE PROPOSING IN THE DRAFT
ALREADY GIVEN TO THE CHINESE.
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