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FM UKMIS NEW YORK 2421552 MAY 85
TU PRIURITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 419 OF 24 MAY 1985
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELNO 165 AND PEKING TELNO 8231 REGISTRATION OF THE HONG KUNG AGREEMENT AT THE UN
1. INFORMATION PASSED TO CHINESE MISSION. AS SIR R EVANS SURMISES THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEIR DOCUMENTS ARE LIKELY TO ARRIVE BUT WILL KEEP IN TOUCH.
2. WE APPRECIATE THAT THE PRESENT POSITION GOES PERCEPTIBLY BEYOND WHAT ZHOU NAN SAID ON 3 APRIL (THOUGH WE BELIEVE THERE MAY DE A SIZEABLE GAP BETWEEN THE CHINESE PUBLIC POSTURE AND THE ACTUAL EACTS: SEE MY TELNO 346). AT ALL EVENTS OUR CHINESE CONTACTS IN THE SECRETARIAT HAVE AGAIN CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE, TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE, NO (NO) FURTHER CHINESE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IN THE PIPELINE. WE MAY THEREFORE QUITE POSSIBLY END UP WITH AN ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING NOT ONLY SIMULTANEITY BUT ALSO SPECIAL ACTION BY BOTH SIDES TO REGISTER JUST THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT. IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT CHINESE ASSENT TO THIS RATHER SATISFACTORY COURSE WAS GIVEN AFTER THE SECRETARIAT HAD ADVISE THEM (A) THAT JOINT REGISTRATIONS ARE NOWADAYS RARE IN THE EXTREME BUT (3) THAT THE EFFECT OF REGISTRATION BY BOTH PARTIES EVEN ON THE SAME DAY IS NONETHELESS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM JOINT REGISTRATION SO FAR AS THE PUBLIC RECORD WOULD SHOW.
THOMSON
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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 HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE CABINET OFFICE MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.
MR MALLABY
SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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