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FOR CONTINUED BRITISH ADMINISTRATION, BUT COULD MAKE NO HEADWAY. SEPTEMBER CRISIS, GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKING METHODS, DOCUMENTS TABLED IN SECOND PHASE OF TALKS. FOREIGN SECRETARY'S VISIT IN APRIL 1984. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP. FOREIGN
SECRETARY'S VISIT IN JULY 1984. LAST PHASE OF WORK IN PLENARY
TALKS AND WORKING GROUP. INITIALLING OF AGREEMENT.
CONSULTATION WITH PEOPLE OF HONG KONG
6. VIEWS OF PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THROUGHOUT
NEGOTIATIONS. CLOSE CONTACT WITH EXCO AND UMELCO. EXCO AND
UMELCO VISITS TO LONDON. MINISTERIAL VISITS TO HONG KONG.
MINISTERS HAVE BEEN KEPT CLOSELY INFORMED OF PROPOSALS MADE BY
VARIOUS GROUPS FOR FUTURE AND THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
INTRODUCTION TO AGREEMENT
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AGREEMENT. ITS LEGALLY BINDING
NATURE. RELATIONSHP BETWEEN AGREEMENT AND ANNEXES. RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN DOCUMENTS MAKING UP AGREEMENT AND EVENTUAL BASIC LAW.
EXPLANATION THAT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT THE HIGHEST FORM OF
COMMITMENT POSSIBLE BETWEEN SOVEREIGN STATES.
SQUARE BRACKET IN ACCORDANCE
WITH OUR NORMAL PRACTICE AGREEMENT WILL BE REGISTERED AT THE UN
SQUARE BRACKET
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ANNEX 1 (DETAIL)
9. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ANNEX 2 JOINT LIAISON GROUP).
COMMENDATION OF AGREEMENT
10. BRITISH GOVERNMENT SET OUT TO NEGOTIATE DETAILED AND BINDING
AGREEMENT ENSHRINING CONCEPT OF AUTONOMY AND OF CONTINUITY IN HONG KONG'S SYSTEMS. HAVE ACHIEVED THIS TO THE BEST OF OUR
ABILITY. CAN COMMEND THE AGREEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AS SATISFACTORY GUARANTEE OF FUTURE OF TERRITORY AND OF RIGHTS OF
ITS PEOPLE.
ALTERNATIVE TO AGREEMENT
11. AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN TWO GOVERNMENTS AND INTIALLED
BY NEGOTIATIORS ON BOTH SIDES. INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE INTO IT. CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE
CLEAR THAT ONCE AGREEMENT PUBLISHED NO PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT
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