CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 301
OF 0217OOZ FEBRUARY 88
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- 2 FEB 1988
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YOUR TELNO 274: FILM CENSORSHIP BILt
1.
THE PUBLIC
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN YOU WERE ASKED IN 1953
WHETHER IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO EXTEND THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE PROVISIONS IN THE LAW OF HONG
KONG WHICH WOULD NOT CONFORM WITH THE OBLIGATIONS OF A STATE
PARTY TO THE CONVENTION. THE PAPERS HERE ARE NOW IN
RECORDS OFFICE AND WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO RETRIEVE.
ABLE TO LAY YOUR HANDS ON THE RELEVANT MATERIAL WHICH WOULD DATE
FROM THE MONTHS PRIOR TO 23 NOVEMBER 1953.
2.
YOU MAY BE
YOU WILL KNOW BETTER THAN WE DO WHETHER YOUR LAWS ARE NOW
SUCH THAT THEY WOULD CONFORM WITH THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
CONVENTION. ONE POINT WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE EXAMINED IS THE
DETENTION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE. THERE MAY BE OTHERS.
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