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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1773 OF 6 SEPTEMBER
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WHITE PAPER
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1. REVISED TEXT OF PART ONE OF THE WHITE PAPER IS AS FOLLOWS.
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DRAFT WHITE PAPER
A DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE PRC 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, AND 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 STABILITY AND
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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
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