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DESKBY 121800Z UKMIS NEW YORK
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FM FCO 121640Z JUN 85
TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS NEW YORK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 210 OF 12 JUN
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG PEKING
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REGISTRATION OF THE HON
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YOUR TELNO 458 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1143:
KONG AGREEMENT AT THE UN
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UNLESS YOU INFORM US TO THE CONTRARY WE SHALL REFER TO THE
ACTING CHINESE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PRESS STATEMENT. 2. WE FEAR THAT THE FORMULA PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 1(A) OF HONG KONG TUR COULD BE READ TO IMPLY JOINT REGISTRATION. WE ARE NOT SURE THAT 'SIMULTANEOUSLY' IS REALLY OPEN TO MUCH OBJECTION, GIVEN THAT IT WILL BE TRUE, BUT HAVE SLIGHTLY CHANGED THE WORDING IN THE HOPE OF LESSENING THE RISK OF ANY MISINTERPRETATION.
3. STATEMENT WILL NOW READ: BEGINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR OBLIGATION UNDER ARTICLE 102 OF THE UN CHARTER, THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS REGISTERED ON 12 JUNE WITH THE UN SECRETARIAT IN NEW YORK THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG. THE CHINESE MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ALSO REGISTERED THE JOINT DECLARATION AT THE SAME TIME. WE WELCOME THIS. THE REGISTRATION CEREMONY WAS ATTENDED BY THE BRITISH AND ACTING CHINESE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE UNITED NATIONS. THIS EARLY ACTION TO REGISTER THE JOINT DECLARATION UNDERLINES ONCE AGAIN THE SERIOUS COMMITMENT OF THE
TWO SIDES TO ITS FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
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