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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs has the honour to refer to the
Supplementary Extradition Treaty between the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
and the Government of the United States of America signed
at Washington on June 25, 1985. The United Kingdom has
completed the acts necessary under its law to implement
the treaty in the United Kingdom and in all the dependent
territories named in the Annex to the Treaty save for Hong
Kong.
Under the Joint Declaration between the United Kingdom
and the People's Republic of China concerning the future
of Hong Kong the Parties have established a procedure for
consultation in respect of the creation of any new inter-
national rights and obligations for Hong Kong which could
extend beyond 1997. It will not be possible to complete
those consultations and to issue the necessary orders
applying the treaty to Hong Kong before the end of 1986.
In order to permit the entry into force of the treaty
without further delay, the Secretary of State has the
honour to propose that the United Kingdom and the United
States proceed with an early exchange of instruments of
ratification, it being understood that application of the
treaty to Hong Kong will be suspended until the United
Kingdom notifies the United States by diplomatic note that
the consultations have been completed and the necessary
orders signed.
If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the
Government of
United States of America, the Secretary
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