RESTRICTED
Reference...
6.5
Frank Stock Esq
Solicitor General of Hong Kong
c/o Ms Barrett, Legal Advisers
HKD24+
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
-9 MAR 1990
BILL OF RIGHTS
PECK OFFICER
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
1. You asked for clarification of the issues raised in paras 3 and
6 of Dykes' letter to you of 1 March.
2.
Optional ?
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I have spoken to Und.
The
Para 3: The Operational Protocol. UK has not ratified the OP and has no intention of doing so in the
forseeable future.
3.
HRC
Para 6: Reporting to the Human Rights Committee. examination of Hong Kong is not likely before November, a date that Hong Kong is apparently aware of.
6 March 1990
CODE 18-77
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Hong Kong Department
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