CONFIDENTIAL
11218 1
—
A BILATERAL AGREEMENT. HONG KONG MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER A
CHINESE REQUEST FOR RECIPROCITY IN HONG KONG COULD BE MET BY
ATTACHMENT TO THE VISA OFFICE, OR BY ANOTHER MEANS. WE IMAGINE
THAT IN ANY EVENT LOCAL LEGISLATION MIGHT BE NECESSARY.
6. WHICHEVER OPTION IS ADOPTED, IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT AT THE
LATEST BY 1988 AND THE BASING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP IN HONG
KONG WE SHALL FACE A CHINESE REQUEST FOR SOME FORMAL EXTENSION OF
IMMUNITIES TO RESIDENT SUPPORTING STAFF, BY ANALOGY WITH THOSE
ENJOYED BY SUPPORTING STAFF OF THE VISA OFFICE.
7.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY COMMENTS ON ALL THE
ABOVE POINTS.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
SIR J FREELAND MR BOYD
- 3-
CONFIDENTIAL
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT. LEGAL ADVISERS
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
MRS RADICE PROTOCOL >
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR WOOD
BR CHAVASSE
PDD