HKC031/12
CONFIDENTIAL
RECE
27 NOV 1990
IND:
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 3435
OF 211005Z NOVEMBER 90
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TOP COPY Q DIST?
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Customs
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK
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114215 MDLIAN 8691
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
(57)
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YOUR TELNO 2171 AND UKMIS NEW YORK TELNO 2032: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CUSTOMS
HKC031/12
CS 20
IRO SUB-GROUP:
CUSTOMS PAPERS (WITH ONLY ANNEX B) ON ITEMS 3.8, 3.12 AND 3.13 WERE HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE AT A MEETING BETWEEN EDWARDS (LOCIL) AND LIU JUNBAO ON 20 NOV (DETAILS IN MIFT). COPIES
FOLLOW BY BAG TO YOU AND PEKING.
2. WE HAVE MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE PAPER ON ITEM 3.13 (OUR TELNO 2995). LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 3 WAS AMENDED TO READ ''IT DECLARED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19, THAT ANNEXES A, B AND C WOULD APPLY TO HK CARTICLE 15) WITH EFFECT FROM 14 MARCH 1974.11 WE THINK THE DATE ''8 JUNE 1961'' YOU GAVE IN PARA 3(B) OF YOUR
TELNO 1939 IS INCORRECT.
3. PAPER ON ITEM 3.5 WAS NOT HANDED OVER AS NONE OF THE ANNEXES IS AVAILABLE.
4.
2ND TUR: THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONFUSION. APART FROM THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 935, WE STILL NEED
(A)
UK'S INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION IN RESPECT OF THE
4 CONVENTIONS IN YOUR TELNO 832. YOU UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE THEM IN TUR:
(B) UK'S DECLARATION IN RESPECT OF HK FOR THE CONVENTION IN
PARA 1(A) OF YOUR TELNO 832.
GRATEFUL IF EITHER YOU OR UKMIS NEW YORK COULD SEND THEM TO US DIRECT.
5.
WE HOPE TO INTRODUCE A MORE SATISFACTORY PROCEDURE FOR THE NEXT BATCH OF TREATIES. THE CHINESE INITIAL REACTION TO OUR
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