CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3499
OF 260949Z NOVEMBER 90
CONFIDENTIAL
HKC031/12
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS NEW YORK
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YRTELNO 2210 AND OUR TELNO 3435: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL
TREATIES: CUSTOMS
1. IN THE THREE IFTS ARE DRAFT PAPERS ON THE FINAL THREE CUSTOMS
TREATIES
(A) CUSTOMS CONVENTION ON CONTAINERS 1956 (ITEM 3.10):
(B) EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON CUSTOMS TREATMENT OF PALLETS USED IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT 1960 (ITEM 3.11): AND
(C) CUSTOMS CONVENTION ON THE 'ATA CARNET' FOR THE TEMPORARY ADMISSION OF GOODS 1961 (ITEM 3.14).
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, AND PARTICULARLY ON THE FOLLOWING
(A) WHETHER ITEM 3.11 HAS ACTUALLY BEEN APPLIED TO HK. IT APPEARS ON OUR MULTILATERAL TREATIES LIST BUT WE DO NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS:
(B) WHETHER ANY RESERVATIONS RELATING TO HK WERE MADE UNDER ARTS 11(2) AND (3) OF ITEM 3.11 AND UNDER ART (17) OF ITEM 3.10 AND
THE PROTOCOL TO ITEM 3.10.
3. AS REGARDS THE DOCUMENTS WE REQUESTED, YOUR TUR HAS APPARENTLY CROSSED WITH OUR TUR. APART FROM REFERRING TO TREATIES IN SHORTHAND, THE CONFUSION WAS DUE TO TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN OUR TELNO 3370 IN WHICH ITEMS 3.6 AND 3.7' IN LINE ONE SHOULD READ '3.5 AND 3.8', AND 'ITEM 3.6' IN LINE 4 SHOULD READ 13.5'. ERROR REGRETTED.
4. PARA 4 OF OUR TUR HAS ALREADY SUMMARISED WHAT WE STILL NEED.
WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR, WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE ON 26 NOV. TO SUM UP, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PARA 1 ABOVE, WE NOW NEED
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