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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 60
OF 26123OZ MARCH 91
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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG
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11 APR 1991
HONG KONG TELNO 933 : BILL OF RIGHTS
1. I AGREE GENERALLY WITH TUR.
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MDHIAN 9572
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2. ON PARA 2(C) I HOPE VERY MUCH THAT WE SHALL NOT ALLOW THE QUESTION OF INTER-CITIZEN RIGHTS TO AFFECT OUR WILLINGNESS TO GO AHEAD WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE LONG TITLE AND CLAUSE 2(3). WITH OR WITHOUT INTER-CITIZEN RIGHTS I BELIEVE THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS CAN STILL BE REASONABLY REPRESENTED AS THE IMPLEMENTATION BY MEANS OF ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION OF THE ICCPR. I WOULD NOT EXPECT THE DELETION OF INTER-CITIZEN RIGHTS FROM THE BILL, IF THAT IS DECIDED ON, TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE CHINESE, BUT IT COULD WELL DO SO IF THEY THINK THAT IT AFFECTS OUR THINKING ON THE USE OF ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE ICCPR. THE IMPLICATION IN THEIR MINDS WOULD BE THAT WE CONTEMPLATE A FURTHER PIECE OR PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THE FUTURE. IF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ARE MADE AFFECTING INTER-CITIZEN RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE, IT WOULD BE WISER TO REPRESENT THEM AS BEING MADE ON THEIR OWN MERITS RATHER THAN IN FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ICCPR, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THAT EFFECT. OTHERWISE THERE IS SURE TO BE TROUBLE WITH PEKING.
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