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MKK046/18
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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1296 OF 3 DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
C+1/13
199 HONG KONG TELNO 1861: FUTURE OF HONGKONG: WORKING PAPER ON
TREATIES
1. WE ARE NOT CLEAR WHETHER TUR IS PROPOSING THAT SUBMISSION OF THE WORKING PAPER ON TREATIES SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL
THE PREPARATORY RESEARCH OUTLINED IN IT HAS PEEN DONE. WE HOPE NOT. I DO NOT THINK WE CAN AFFORD DELAYS OF THIS LENGTH IN PREPARING THE WORKING PAPERS.
2. THE RESEARCH SUGGESTED IN TUR WILL CEPTAINLY BE NECESSARY, PERHAPS AS PART OF THE WORK OF THE PROPOSED 0INT COMMISSION. BUT WE DO NOT THINK IT IS A PRE-REQUISITE TO SUBMISSION OF THE PAPER, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH SHOULD BE TO ESTABLISH THAT IN PRINCIPLE EXISTING TREATIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY AND TO PROPOSE A JOINT COMMISSION ON THE SUBJECT.
CRADOCK
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
FID/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
RD/PUSD
COPIES TO: (VIA DISTR. ROOM)
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THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
BUCKINGHAM PALACE PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PS/HOME SECRETARY
ADVANCED
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND
D/HD/PUSD(MR FLOWER)
RESEARCH DEPT(MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR LAN SINCLAIR)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PSAR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
SIR C TICKELL
SECRET
INDUSTRY
COPIES TO :
(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS
NEWS DEPT
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR A PARSONS
MR MARTIN
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ASSESSMENT STAFF
CABINET OFFICE CABINET OFFICE
IT
MR GOODALL MR BRENNAN PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
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