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MY TELNO 505: HUNG KUNG AGREEMENT: NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS: PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
1. PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 11 APRIL CARRIED ON PAGE 1 THE TEXT UF PRESIDENT LI. XIANMIAN'S DECKEE NUMBER 25 OF 10 APRIL ON THE MPC RESOLUTION KATUFYING THE JOINT DECLARATION. (THE PAPER ALSO CARRIED THE TEXTS OF THE TWO MPC RESOLUTIONS REPORTED IN TUR.) THE TEXT OF THE DECREE (OUR TRANSLATION) IS AS FOLLOWS:
**IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF 10 APRIL 1985 UF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SIXTH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEUPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA UN THE RATIFICATION OF THE
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**JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'', THE "JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'' SIGNED ON 19 DECEMBER 1984 BY PREMIER ZHAU ZJYANG ON BEHALF OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING ANNEX 1- 'ELABORATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF ITS BASIC POLICIES REGARDING HONG KONG'', ANNEX IN '*SI,MU=BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP'' AND ANNEX 4:44 ''LAND LEASES'', HAS BEEN RATIFIED.''
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2. THE VERD USED FOR RATIFY WAS PIZHUN. WE HAVE ASKED THE MFA FOR COPIES OF THE DECREE FOR THE RECORD,
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