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FM FCO 131555Z SEPTEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1828
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: REVISED PART ONE OF DRAFT AGREEMENT
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A REVISED PART ONE OF THE WHITE PAPER.
BEGINS:
DRAFT WHITE PAPER
A DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION
1. ON ..
SEPTEMBER 1984 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
INITIALLED THE DRAFT TEXT OF AN AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG
KONG. THE AGREEMENT, CONTAINED IN PART TWO OF THIS WHITE PAPER,
CONSISTS OF A JOINT DECLARATION INCLUDING THREE ANNEXES THERE IS AN
ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE THE
OUTCOME OF TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS,
UNDERTAKEN WITH THE COMMON AIM OF MAINTAINING THE PROSPERITY AND
STABILITY OF HONG KONG.
2.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PRESENT THESE DOCUMENTS
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG AND OF THE LAST TWO
YEARS' NEGOTIATIONS AND TO EXPLAIN THEIR CONTENTS. THE TEXT OF
THIS WHITE PAPER IS ALSO BEING PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG BY THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT, AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE BEING INVITED TO
COMMENT ON THE OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT
DESCRIBES. THEREAFTER THE MATTER WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT.
TREATIES
3. BRITAIN ACQUIRED THE CROWN COLONY OF HONG KONG THROUGH THREE
TREATIES CONCLUDED WITH THE THEN CHINESE GOVERNMENT DURING THE
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