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YOUR TELNO 544, 545 AND 969: IRO SUBGROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CUSTOMS
1.
WE HAVE SEARCHED OUR RECORDS THOROUGHLY FOR THE DOCUMENTS
YOU REQUESTED.
2.
1ST TUR: PARA 1: WE HAVE ACCESS ONLY TO A DRAFT VERSION OF THE UK RATIFICATION. WE ARE REQUESTING A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL FROM OUR MISSION AT THE UN.
3. 2ND TUR: PARAS 2 AND 4: UK NOTIFICATION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE 1954 TREATY AND PROTOCOL TO HONG KONG WAS ENTERED ON FILES WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN DESTROYED. UKMIS NEW YORK MAY BE ABLE TO
LOCATE COPIES THERE.
4.
WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DISCOVER WHETHER PRC REGARDS ITSELF AS BOUND BY THE 1923 CONVENTION, FURTHER THAN A COMMUNICATION DATED 29 SEPTEMBER 1972 FROM THE MFA TO THE UN WHICH STATES THAT: QUOTE AS FROM OCTOBER 1, 1949, THE DAY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE CHIANG KAI-SHEK CLIQUE HAS NO RIGHT AT ALL TO REPRESENT CHINA. ITS SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF, OR ACCESSION TO, ANY MULTILATERAL TREATIES BY USURPING THE NAME OF 'CHINA' ARE ALL ILLEGAL AND NULL AND VOID. MY GOVERNMENT WILL STUDY THESE MULTILATERAL TREATIES BEFORE MAKING A DECISION IN THE LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY
SHOULD BE ACCEDED TO UNQUOTE.
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