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XXVI(5)(C) ROUTE. WE HAVE THEREFORE BASED THESE PARAGRAPHS ON
WE HAVE, HOWEVER,
THE REVISED PARAS 5 10 IN UKMIS TELNO 237.
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MADE SOME CHANGES SO AS TO:
A)
SIMPLIFY THE LANGUAGE AS FAR AS WE CAN:
B) OMIT ANY REFERENCE TO THE PRC AS THE FUTURE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG' (PARA 7 OF UKMIS TUR) WHICH WOULD CLEARLY BE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE:
C) OMIT THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF HONG KONG' SUBMITTING HONG KONG'S STATEMENT TO THE GATT (PARA 8 OF UKMIS TUR) WHICH, TO US, DOES NOT ACCORD WELL WITH THE REFERENCE IN THE PROPOSED PRC DECLARATION (PARA 1(C) OF OUR TELNO 782) TO 'THE COMMUNICATIONS WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION IN GENEVA HAS TODAY ADDRESSED TO TEE DIRECTOR GENERAL':
D) CORRECT THE IMPRESSION (FINAL SENTENCE OF PARA 8 OF UKMIS TUR) THAT AS OF NOW THE GATT IS NEXT WORD UNDERLINED NOT APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG. THE POINT ABOUT WHICH THE GATT SECRETARIAT WOULD NOTIFY CONTRACTING PARTIES WOULD BE THAT HONG KONG'S NEXT WORD UNDERLINED STATUS WITHIN THE GATT HAD CHANGED. PARAS 12
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6. WE HAVE EXPANDED YOUR ORIGINAL SECTION ON HONG KONG AND THE MFA.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA COULD CONFIRM OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT APART FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF HONG KONG'S CONTINUING ACCEPTANCE OF THE MFA THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL SIMILAR IMPLICATIONS OF FULL CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS IN THE GATT FOR HONG KONG WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO SPELL OUT IN THIS PAPER. PARAS 14
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7. WE WOULD PARTICULARLY WELCOME URGENT COMMENTS FROM UKREP BRUSSELS ON THESE PARAS. WE ALSO AWAIT THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED DRAFT DECLARATIONS TO THE CCC UNDER THE ARTICLE II(A)(II) PROCEDURE. OUR TELNO 212 TO THEM REFERS.
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GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SET IN HAND A CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE PAPER.
HOWE
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
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
- MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
LR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE ER DR C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
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