1345147.
COMMENT: ILA ADDED JM^S
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 67
OF 090745Z JANUARY 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS (ILCS).
WE HAVE TODAY FAXED TO BUNTEN HKD A DRAFT PAPER ON ILCS AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS.
2. THE PAPER ALSO REFERS TO ILCS NOS 23 AND 160 WHICH THE CHINESE SIDE AGREED ON 24.10.91 WOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY AFTER 30 JUNE 1997. AS REQUESTED IN OUR TELNO 3653 OF 20.11.91, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ADVISE US IN DUE COURSE WHEN DECLARATIONS OF APPLICATION ARE MADE.
3. YOU NOW HAVE DRAFT PAPERS ON THE FOURTH BATCH, COMPRISING TRANSPORT, MARINE POLLUTION AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TREATIES (EXCEPT ITEM 18.4) (OUR TELNOS 3842 OF 13.12.91 AND 36 OF 6 JAN), AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND YOU DRAFT PAPERS IN THE DRUGS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIME CATEGORIES SOON. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS TO COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF THESE CATEGORIES IN THE SUB-GROUP BEFORE MOVING ON TO ILCS, FOLLOWED BY HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES. WE CAN DISCUSS THE PRECISE ORDER OF BATCHES WITH THE CHINESE IN DUE COURSE.
4. ON 7 JANUARY ZHONG JIANHUA TOLD IRELAND, CAB, THAT SPEAKING PERSONALLY, HE WAS EXPECTING THE SUB-GROUP TO MAKE GOOD PROGRESS IN 1992. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE COULD PERHAPS HAND OVER 2 OR 3 BATCHES OF PAPERS AT A TIME, FOR HIS SIDE TO FEED INTO THE SLOW- MOVING CHINESE MACHINERY.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
1
(RESTRICTED)
1
LIMITED
6
HKD
9
PUSD
25
HD/FED
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
1
9
3
ILA
1
1
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
1
1
1
MR BURNS
1
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MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
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