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FM TOKYO
TO DESKBY 19010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 015
OF 1900O5Z FEBRUARY 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, FCO
MKK 291/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
19 FEB 1986
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HONG KONG TELNO 496 TO FCO:
HONG KONG AND JAPAN
POSSIBLE CULTURAL AGREEMENT DFTWEEN
MAKITA (DIRECTOR OF THE CHINA DIVISION, MFA) HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING MAKING A CULTURAL GRANT-IN-AID TO HONG KONG. BUT HE GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THE JAPANESE HAD IN MIND THE NEGOTIATION OF A CULTURAL TREATY.
2. ACCORDING TO MAKITA, SUCH GRANTS DID NOT REQUIRE THE PRIOR NEGOTIATION OF A TREATY. AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES WOULD PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK. THE VALIDITY OF THE NOTES COULD DE MADE CO-TERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE CULTURAL PROJECTS CONCERNED.
3. WE ARE NOT COMPETENT TO COMMENT ON THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL. BUT AS SEEN FROM HERE, ANY JAPANESE OFFER OF CULTURAL
FUNDS TO HONG KONG SHOULD BE WELCOMED.
GIFFARD
LIMITED
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
HKD
CRD
FED
LEGAL ADU'S
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
MR O'NEILL.
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