CONFIDENTIAL
The Concordance and the Compendium
The Concordance (3 x 5 cm folders)
The Concordance is a record of all future-related
exchanges between the British and Chinese teams during the
negotiation period between September 1982 and September
1984. It comprises 3 sections:
i)
ii)
iii)
a record of exchanges in plenary sessions
and of the Minister's meeting with Chinese
leaders;
a record of informal exchanges in the
margins of the talks; and
the
a record of exchanges in the working and ad hoc groups set up by the two sides during
negotiation. The Concordance takes the
of chapters each dealing
These chapters are:
form of a number
with a major topic.
Legal System
Financial System
External Economic Relation
Monetary System
Economic System
Culture and Education
1
1
I
Rights of Individuals
Land Tenure in the New Territories
Defence Security and Public Service
Constitutional
Arrangements
government structure
Shipping
Civil Aviation
Nationality
and