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EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON THE VISA OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONSULAR
AGREEMENT WHILE HE IS IN PEKING. IF YOU THINK THIS IDEA WOULD
APPEAL TO THE CHINESE, YOU HAVE DISCRETION TO SUGGEST THAT BOTH
SIDES SHOULD SEEK TO COMPLET THE LAST STEPS IN TIME TO ALLOW
SIGNATURE TO TAKE PLACE.
(BECAUSE OF ARTICLE 11 OF THE DRAFT CONSULAR AGREEMENT AND THE
FORMULA IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE, NEITHER THE AGREEMENT NOR THE
UNDERSTANDING ON THE VISA OFFICE WOULD COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL
THERE HAD BEEN NOTIFICATION THAT THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION
HAD BEEN ENACTED. THE CHINESE WOULD THEREFORE RETAIN THEIR HOLD
OVER US ON THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT.)
HOWE
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DISTRIBUTION:
HKD
FED
NTD
PROTOCOL D
LEGAL ADV
CONS D
MVD
PS
PS/MR LUCE
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
LORD N GORDON-LENNOX
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