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FM FCO 031625Z APR 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 624 OF 03 APRIL
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
(24) HONG KONG TELNO 914:
CHINESE VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG
see (27)
29.(30)
T46-414
1. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD consulT EXCO AS PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH
1 AND 5 OF TUR.
2. WE TAKE IT FROM PARAGRAPH TWO OF TUR (ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT/NOT
EXPLICIT) THAT YOU ARE CONTENT
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WITH THE CHINESE DRAFT IN PEKING TELNO 235 AS AMENDED BY
16 PARAGRAPHS 3-7 OF OUR TELNO 204. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CONFIRM
THIS IMMEDIATELY TO PEKING TO MEET THEIR DEADLINE.
3. PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR: AS THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION WILL NOT BE
ENACTED BEFORE THE MEMORANDUM IS SIGNED, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO
EXPAND THE PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH OF THE TEXT IN PEKING TELNO 235
AS FOLOWS:
BEGINS:
IF THE ABOVE PROPOSALS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM, THIS NOTE AND THE EMBASSY'S NOTE OF REPLY WILL
CONSTITUTE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ON THIS
MATTER, WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON THE DATE ON WHICH THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFIES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA THAT THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO GIVE
EFFECT TO THIS MEMORANDUM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
ENDS
4. FOR PEKING: AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE CONFIRMATION FROM
HONG KONG ON PARAGRAPH TWO ABOVE, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PRESENT
TO THE CHINESE THE DRAFT IN YOUR TELNO 235 AS AMENDED BY
PARAGRAPHS 3-7 OF OUR TELNO 204 AND BY PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE.
5.
PROVIDED THAT THESE AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE AND
THAT EXCO ARE CONTENT, WE
SEE NO REASON WHY THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD NOT SIGN THE
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