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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 152
OF 221725Z JANUARY 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE THE HAGUE
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THE HAGUE PLEASE PASS TO VISITING HONG KONG DELEGATION
YOUR TELNO 3 TO THE HAGUE: HONG KONG/NETHERLANDS EXTRADITION NEGOTIATIONS
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MS NOTEBOOM FROM THE NETHERLANDS EMBASSY CALLED ON MAJOR, HKD TODAY TO CLARIFY HMG'S ATTITUDE TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR TALKS ON EXTRADITION AND IPPAS (SIC).
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MS NOTEBOOM'S MAIN CONCERNS WERE:
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WHY COULD HONG KONG NOT CONTINUE TO BE COVERED BY UK AGREEMENTS UNTIL 1997 AND THEREAFTER BY CHINESE AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
IF A UK AGREEMENT HAD TO LAPSE IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG IN 1997, WHY COULD A HONG KONG AGREEMENT SIGNED UNDER UK ENTRUSTMENT CONTINUE
WAS THERE TO BE LEGAL PROVISION FOR THE TRANSFER FROM UK TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE VARIOUS HONG KONG AGREEMENTS WHICH WERE BEING SIGNED IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
MAJOR STRESSED THAT HMG FULLY SUPPORTED HONG KONG'S INITIATIVES TO NEGOTIATE AND CONCLUDE SEPARATE AGREEMENTS IN A VARIETY OF FIELDS. SHE OUTLINED THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN CHINESE AGREEMENT IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP (SHE ADDED THAT SHE WOULD NOT EXPECT FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN ON A HONG KONG/NETHERLANDS IPPA UNTIL WE HAD REACHED COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE). SHE ALSO OUTLINED THE MAIN POINTS OF OUR POLICY ON IROS, TREATMENT OF THIS SUBJECT IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND OUR INTENTION TO ESTABLISH BETWEEN NOW AND 1997
A SPECIFIC LEGAL MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING TREATY IROS FROM BRITAIN CHINA IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG.
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MS NOTEBOOM SEEMED SATISFIED WITH THE BRIEFING (SHE IS
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