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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1001 OF 11 JUL
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING DESKBY 120100Ž
PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA (COPY FOR CARTLAND),UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS (FOR JONES) WASHINGTON
MIPT: HONG KONG, GATT AND CCC: INSTRUMENT OF ENTRUSTMENT
1. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE INSTRUMENT OF ENTRUSTMENT
REFERRED TO IN PARA 1(A) OF TUR.
BEGINS
'SIR
1. I HAVE THE HONOUR TO ADDRESS YOU ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG. 2. AS A MATTER OF POLICY OF SUCCESSIVE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS, HONG KONG HAS, OVER MANY YEARS, BEEN ALLOWED TO MANAGE ITS OWN EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. IN RECOGNITION OF THIS, AND SUBJECT TO THE STIPULATIONS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS DESPATCH, THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HEREBY FORMALLY CONFIRMS THAT YOU ARE ENTRUSTED WITH EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT EXTERNAL RELATIONS ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG AS FOLLOWS, NAMELY TO NEGOTIATE, CONCLUDE AND IMPLEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS, WHETHER BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL, WITH STATES, REGIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND TO CONDUCT ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF EXTERNAL
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS.
3.
IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO INFORM THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT IN ADVANCE OF ANY PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THIS DESPATCH AND TO KEEP THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF ANY SUCH
NEGOTIATIONS.
4. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF
THIS DESPATCH
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO BE,' ENDS
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