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FM HONG KONG 011143Z MAR 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 435 90F 1 MARCH
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 310 AND 335 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RATIFICATION.
1. EXCO TODAY CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
2. I GAVE THE COUNCIL THE SUBSTANCE OF HM AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH ZHOU NAN (PEKING TELNO 241). MEMBERS HAD NO OBJECTION TO ESTABLISHING THE WEEK BEGINNING 27 MAY AS THE PROVISIONAL TARGET FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION.
3. MEMBERS SOUGHT CONFIRMATION THAT THE DRAFTING OF THE HONG KONG LEGISLATION TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE RATIFICATION WAS WELL IN HAND, | PROMISED THEM FULL DETAILS (OUR TELNO 320) AT THE 5 MARCH EXCO
MEETING.
4. A NUMBER OF MEMBERS ASKED, AS A MATTER OF PRACTICAL CONVENIENCE, WHETHER THEY WERE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY RATIFICATION CEREMONY. (SIR S. Y. CHUNG AND OTHERS HAVE POTENTIALLY CONFLICTING HONG KONG/JAPAN TRADE PROMOTION ENGAGEMENTS IN THE LAST WEEK OF MAY.) IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE LIKELY FORM OF THE RATIFICATION CEREMONY. MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THIS WILL BE A LOW-KEY AFFAIR IN PEKING THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE MY PRESENCE, CR THAT OF UNOFFICIALS, FROM HONG KONG.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HID/HKD
HD/FED
HD/FLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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 MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.
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