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DESKBY 10120OZ FCO
11010OZ PEKING
FM HONG KONG 101030Z APR 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 695 OF 10 APRIL
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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PEKING TELSNOS 464 AND 465: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RATIFICATION
AND REGISTRATION AT THE UN
IN DISCUSSING THESE TWO SUBJECTS AT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THIS
MORNING, MEMBERS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO PROSPECT OF BRINGING RATIFICATION FORWARD TO A DATE IN EARLY OR MID MAY. THE ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION REQUIRED FOR PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES AND LAND
ACCOUNTING MEASURES WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL MID MAY AND WE NEED A WEEK OR SO IN HAND TO MEET ANY UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS (MY TELNO
674 REFERS).
2. MEMBERS NOTED THAT THE CEREMONY IN PEKING WOULD BE GENERALLY LOW
KEY AND ARRANGED ON THE LINES SET OUT IN PARAGRAPHS 3 TO 5 OF
PEKING'S FIRST TUR.
3. WITH REGARD TO REGISTRATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS, MEMBERS WERE PLEASED TO NOTE THE POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE CHINESE AND AGREED THAT THE TWO GOVERNMENTS SHOULD SEEK TO SYNCHRONISE THE ACTS OF REGISTRATION. THEY ALSO ENDORSED THE SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD SEEK THE AGREEMENT OF THE CHINESE TO BOTH SIDES ANNOUNCING THEIR
INTENTION TO REGISTER THE AGREEMENT WITH THE U N. THIS MIGHT BE DONE IN THE SPEECHES TO BE MADE AT THE RATIFICATION CEREMONY.
4. MEMBERS ALSO CONSIDERED IT IMPORTANT TO BE READY WITH SOME PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF REGISTRATION, BUT ACCEPTED THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACT SHOULD NOT BE OVER-STRESSED.
YOUDE
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
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE YRD RC CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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