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FM FCO 05134OZ JUNE 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 781 OF 05 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS
(FOR JONES), WASHINGTON
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OUR TELNO 753, UKMIS GENEVA TELNOS 220 AND 221 AND HONG KONG TELNO
1083: HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GATT AND CCC: DRAFT EXCO
MEMORANDUM
1.
SUBJECT TO PARA 2 BELOW, WE AGREE WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS TO
THE TEXT IN FIRST TUR SUGGESTED IN THIRD TUR.
PRC DECLARATION
2. THE WORDS 'HONG KONG' IN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THIS
DECLARATION SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH 'THE TERRITORY' TO REFLECT
HONG KONG'S STATUS, FROM 1 JULY 1997, AS A SAR OF THE PRC.
3. MIFT CONTAINS TEXTS OF THE UK, HONG KONG AND PRC DECLARATIONS
AS AMENDED BY UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 221 AND BY PARA 2 ABOVE.
4.
THE WAY WOULD NOW SEEM CLEAR FOR YOU TO PUT THE AMENDED
MEMORANDUM TO EXCO ON 11 JUNE.
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COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVE OFFICE LONDON
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MISS WILMSHURST, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR AJ PRYOR, DTP/DTI (VICTORIA)
MRS HEALD, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MARK LANE
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