CONFIDENTIAL
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MDLIAN 1722
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1542
OF 171004Z MAY 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
13
TOP COPY Q DIST?
YRTELNO 885: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION
ON THE CONVENTION ON WHALING (1946), WE TOO HAVE NO RECORD OF ITS EXTENSION TO HONG KONG. ANNEX B TO OUR PAPER IS A COPY OF THE UK TREATY SERIES NO. 5 (1949), WHICH ONLY CONTAINS A REFERENCE TO U K RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON 17 JUNE 1947. WE HAD ASSUMED THAT ARTICLE 1, TAKEN TOGETHER WITH THE ABSENCE OF A CLEAR PROVISION ON TERRITORIAL APPLICATION, IMPLIED THAT U K RATIFICATION COULD, AT THAT TIME, BE INTERPRETED TO INCLUDE HONG KONG. HOWEVER, WE MUST BE GUIDED BY YOU ON THIS MATTER AND, IF YOU NOW ADVISE THAT THIS UNDERSTANDING IS INCORRECT, WE WOULD, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, PROPOSE DELETION OF THE CONVENTION FROM OUR MULTILATERAL TREATIES LIST. NO DISCUSSION PAPER WILL THEN BE
NECESSARY.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
69
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
ESED
NTCD
ADDITIONAL
4
DISTRIBUTION
73
PLANNERS
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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