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TELNO 1732
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[HKC 345/1
21 SEP 1990
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YOUR TELNOS 2754-5: VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THIRD COUNTRIES
1. WE ARE CONTENT WITH WHAT IS PROPOSED IN FIRST TUR.
2. THE DRAFT LETTERS IN SECOND TUR ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE LEGALLY BINDING AND SHOULD THEREFORE AVOID LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPE OF AGREEMENT. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
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A) THE WORD QUOTE SHALL UNQUOTE IN SUB PARAS (1), (2) AND (3) IN THE FIRST NOTE SHOULD ALL READ QUOTE WILL UNQUOTE.
B) IN THE SECOND NOTE, DELETE QUOTE WHICH READS UNQUOTE AND THE VERBATIM QUOTE OF THE FIRST NOTE. IT IS NOT NORMAL TO QUOTE THE FIRST LETTER IN A NON BINDING EXCHANGE. AS A CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT, THE NEXT SENTENCE SHOULD READ QUOTE.... TO INFORM THE CONSUL-GENERAL THAT HIS NOTE ALSO REPRESENTS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WHO CONFIRM THAT THE CONSUL-GENERAL'S NOTE.. UNQUOTE.
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C) THERE ARE ALSO MINOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN SUB PARA 4 OF THE FIRST NOTE (DAYS/DAYS') AND THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH LINE 4 (AND/AN).
YOU WILL HAVE SEEN BUENOS AIRES TELNO 561 OF 10 SEPTEMBER. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD COPY TO BUENOS AIRES THE OUTCOME OF YOUR APPROACH TO THE ARGENTINA CONSUL-GENERAL.
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