CONFIDENTIAL
CHKD241
336,
141577 MDLOAN 9991
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1912
OF 15154OZ OCTOBER 90
1990
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM, PAUL HKD
YOUR TELNO 3025: BILL OF RIGHTS
1. THANK YOU FOR TUR. AS I HOPE PARAGRAPH 4 OF MY TELNO 1866 MADE CLEAR, THERE IS CERTAINLY NO QUESTION OF REOPENING ISSUES WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN SETTLED OR MAKING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE BILL AT THIS STAGE. BUT MINISTERS WILL WANT A CAREFUL ACCOUNT OF WHERE MATTERS NOW STAND. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE TELEGRAM REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF TUR.
2.
ON THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 3 OF TUR, SUCH A FORMULA WOULD SEEM TO REVERT TO THE FIRST FALLBACK POSITION AGREED IN FCO
TELNO 1747 TO YOU AND YOUR TELNO 2842. WE HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT
ONLY A REFERENCE TO 'SUBJECT TO THE BASIC
LAW' TOUT COURT WOULD SUFFICE. UKREP JLG TELNO 345 REINFORCED THIS IMPRESSION.
3. I SUGGEST THAT, FOLLOWING MS BARRETT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR LEGAL ADVISERS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A CLEAR DRAFT AMENDMENT WHICH IT IS PROPOSED WE SHOULD PUT TO THE CHINESE.
HURD
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MAIN
77
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
DISTRIBUTION
80
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
MR MCLAREN
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