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HKC241/3
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BOR
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1600
OF 220521Z MAY 91
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG
051072
MDHIAN 7732
YRTELNO 962: AMENDMENTS TO LETTERS PATENT AND ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. MANY THANKS FOR TUR AND THE FAXED COPIES OF THE AUTHENTICATED INSTRUMENTS. THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1991 (NO. 1) AND THE HONG KONG ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS 1991 WERE GAZETTED ON 21 MAY IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. THE HONG KONG LETTERS PATENT 1991 (NO. 2) DEALING WITH THE ENTRENCHMENT OF THE ICCPR HAS NOT/NOT BEEN GAZETTED. THIS WILL BE DONE LATER, IN SYNCHRONISATION WITH THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AS YOU ARE AWARE.
2. WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE OFFICIAL COPIES OF THE THREE INSTRUMENTS BY BAG, WE WOULD ASSUME.
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61
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
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HD/FED
NEWS D
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ADDITIONAL
4
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
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SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
SIR P CRADOCK NO.10
MS BARRETT LEGAL
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