CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
WKC 193/2
RECE
17 APR 1990
ISTRY
Action
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1263
INDEK
OF 121115Z APRIL 90
18
003272
MDHIAN 8425
COPY G DIST ?
attached
YOUR TELNO 679: INTERNATIONAL VALUE ADDED NETWORK SERVICES (IVANS): BILATERAL SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
1. THANKS FOR TUR. WE BELIEVE THAT THE ENTRUSTMENT SHOULD FULLY REFLECT THAT DEGREE OF AUTONOMY WHICH THE HKG ALREADY ENJOYS IN THE FIELD OF EXTERNAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND WHICH WAS DESCRIBED TO THE CHINESE IN OUR PAPER FOR THE IRO SUB-GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION. IT WOULD ALSO BE BETTER IF WE COULD HAVE AN ENTRUSTMENT WHICH ENABLED THE HKG TO CONCLUDE ANY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS, WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE REGULATIONS, INSTEAD OF CONFINING THE ENTRUSTMENT TO THE FIELD OF IVANS.
2. WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING TEXT AS ADVISED BY OUR LAWYER:
QUOTE
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION DEALING WITH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS (AS CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 31 OF THE TEXT OF THE CONVENTION ESTABLISHED IN NAIROBI IN 1982, OR AS MAY BE CONTAINED IN ANY SUBSEQUENT TEXT OF THE CONVENTION WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO HONG KONG), AND TO THE PROPOSAL OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATION OF OTHER TERRITORIES WITH A VIEW TO CONCLUDING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROVISIONS, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH DO NOT CONCERN MEMBERS IN GENERAL, IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL VALUE ADDED NETWORK SERVICES. THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HEREBY FORMALLY ENTRUSTS YOU WITH AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT EXTERNAL RELATIONS ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG AS FOLLOWS, NAMELY TO NEGOTIATE, CONCLUDE AND IMPLEMENT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS ON BEHALF OF HONG KONG, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND USE OF SPECIAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROVISIONS, WITH STATES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS.
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