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FM FCO 061000Z SEP 84
TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 414 OF 6 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK 040/38.
-7 SEP.084
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE NEW YORK
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON CIVIL AND
POLITICAL RIGHTS ETC
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1. HONG KONG HAVE REQUESTED COPIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (OPENED FOR SIGNATURE 19 DECEMBER 1966) SO THAT HONG KONG RESIDENTS CAN REFER TO THEM DURING MONITORING OF PUBLIC OPINION BY THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT AT THE END
OF SEPTEMBER.
2. THEY URGENTLY NEED AT LEAST 200 COPIES EACH OF THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE TEXTS (ASSUMING A CHINESE VERSION EXISTS).
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD OBTAIN THESE FROM THE UN IF POSSIBLE. IF SUCCESSFUL PLEASE SEND VIA THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN NEW YORK WHO SHOULD AIR FREIGHT THEM TO HONG KONG, CHARGING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, AND INFORM US.
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