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RESTRICTED
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22 MAY 1985
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Mr Partridge
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FROM:
DATE:
A C Galsworthy, HKD
15 May 1985
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REGISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS
1.
oy
16/5
We have been pressing the Chinese to register the Hong Kong
agreement jointly with us at
the UN.
This point
is
important
Chinese have given us the impression
politically in Hong Kong. The
in Peking that they will want to register it separately from
but have said they are willing to co-ordinate the timing.
2.
UKMIS New York have now
in
A (97) mission New York might be
They have also been told that
us,
however reported that the Chinese
agreeable to joint registration.
the Chinese in tend to register
immediately after ratification (no doubt because Premier Zhao Ziyang
is to visit the UK from 2-8 June).
3.
We have asked
registration.
UKMIS to pursue the
of possibility
joint
I f the Chinese in New York are agreeable to this we
to register immediately after
shall need to be in
ratification.
copies of the
ratification.
agreement
position a
(in the
two
to languages)
to
This would mean sending one certified and three other
UKMIS prior
I know that this would be contrary
to your normal
practice, but think that in the circumstances there is little choice
but to make
exception
instrument predating the
ratification and the certificate (for the same date). UKMIS would
not of course register without a trigger telegram.
14 May 1985
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time, this
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A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
of