Ms Barrett
Legal Advisers
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Reference
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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING
(1946) AND ITS PROTOCOL: APPLICATION TO HONG KONG
1.
I attach copies of Hong Kong telno 1311, Mr Darby's
minute of 2 May, FCO telno 885 and Hong Kong telno 1542.
2.
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As you can see, it is unclear whether the UK ratification of the 1946 Convention on Whaling included Hong
Kong or not. There is no clear indication that it did so
but Hong Kong had assumed that Article 1, taken together with the absence of a clear provision on territorial
application, implied that UK ratification could be interpreted to include Hong Kong (and presumably other DTs).
3. I should be grateful for your advice on this point. Since the implications of a finding one way or the other would go quite widely, you may wish to consult other Legal
Advisers.
CODE 18-77
lobraja дё
PA Major (Ms)
Hong Kong Department
WH305
270 2655
20 May 1991
CC: Mr Evans, ESED
Mr Darby, NTCD
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