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DD 05090OZ
FROM PEKING 0508552 DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2897 OF 5/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TEL NOS 1487 AND 1488: FUTURE EGRET:
PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN HONG KONG
HKK
RECEIVED IN REGIS
5 DEC 1984
040/57.
DESK OFFICEA
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1. THANK YOU FOR A SIGHT OF THE LATEST DRAFT. WE HAVE ONLY TWO COMMENTS ON THE TEXT IN YOUR SECOND TUR:
(A) PARAGRAPH 6:
PARAGRAPH 3 (12) OF THE JOINT
PA
DECLARATION STATES THAT IT IS THE POLICIES IN PARAGRAPH
3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ANNEX 1 WHICH WILL BE STIPULATED
IN THE BASIC LAW. THE SECOND SENTENCE SHOULD THEREFORE
BE AMENDED TO:
..VERY FULL AND
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DETAILED PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ITS ANKEX 1 WILL BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW.
(B) PAPAGRAPH
15: AMEND FIRST SENTENCE TO READ:
...
WITH THE SIGNING OF THE
JOINT DECLARATION''.
THE CHINESE
CARE ABOUT ACCURACY ON THIS POINT.
2. YOUR FIRST TUR REQUESTED COMMENTS DESKEY 04120OZ.
HOWEVER, WE DID NOT RECEIVE YOUR TURS UNTIL THE MORNING OF
5 DECEMBER
EVANS
FUTURE EGRET
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MR WILSON
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MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS
MR FIFOOT
LEGAL ADVISERS
SIR E YOUDE ROOM K195A
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