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HKC031/22
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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2397
OF 300516Z JULY 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDLIAN 9370
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OUR TELNO 2117: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: POSTAL
1. PARA. 5 OF TUR: WE HAVE PREPARED IN MIFT A DRAFT PAPER ON
POSTAL TREATIES. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
2. WE HAVE ADOPTED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPROACH WITH ONE PAPER
COVERING ALL FIVE TREATIES. THIS IS BECAUSE WHEN WE CONSULTED THE
CHINESE BACK IN 1986 ON HK'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION, THE CHINESE HAD ALREADY AGREED THAT FOUR OF THE POSTAL TREATIES (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE GIRO AGREEMENT) CURRENTLY APPLYING TO HK WOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO THE HKSAR. THERE IS THEREFORE NO NEED TO REPEAT DETAILS OF THESE TREATIES IN THE PAPER. AS REGARDS THE GIRO AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE COULD ALLOW IT TO LAPSE AS WE DO NOT HAVE A GIRO SYSTEM.
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