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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: HEALTH.

Letter to

Department of

Hearth

1. THE TWO IFTS CONTAIN DRAFT PAPERS ON THE FIRST OF THE SECOND BATCH OF MULTILATERAL TREATIES CHEALTH): NAMELY -

(A) THE AGREEMENT RESPECTING FACILITIES TO BE GIVEN TO MERCHANT SEAMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF VENEREAL DISEASES 1924 CITEM 7.1):

(B) INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (ITEM 7.7).

GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THE MISSING DATES IN PARA 4 OF MIFT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PAPERS ARE WELCOME.

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2. WE AGREED NOT TO GIVE THE CHINESE COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF EXTENSION, BUT RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM THE UN TREATY SERIES INSTEAD. BOTH HEALTH TREATIES ARE, HOWEVER, NOT DEPOSITED WITH THE UN AND DO NOT APPEAR ON THAT LIST. WE ARE SEARCHING FOR OTHER SUITABLE DOCUMENTS TO BE ATTACHED AS ANNEX B TO THE PAPERS AND MAY NEED TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE.

3. DRAFT PAPERS ON OTHER TREATIES WILL FOLLOW SOON.

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