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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1466
OF 29113OZ MAY 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
WE HAVE TODAY FAXED TO HARKIN HKD THREE DRAFT DISCUSSION PAPERS AND ONE BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CONVENTIONS AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS.
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ITEM 19.7 DEALS MAINLY WITH THE USE OF THE MARITIME SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDED BY INMARSAT. WHEN WE DISCUSSED HK'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN INMARSAT, THE CHINESE SIDE AGREED THAT THE HKSAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATION COULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A 'ROUTING ORGANISATION' FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS TO INMARSAT FOR THE USE OF SPACE SEGMENT. CONSEQUENTLY, WE BELIEVE THAT THE CHINESE SIDE SHOULD HAVE NODIFFICULTY WITH THIS ITEM AND WE HAVE KEPT THE PROPOSAL PARAGRAPH OF THE PAPER (PARA 7) BRIEF.
3.
THERE ARE BLANKS IN PARA 3 OF ITEM 19.7 AND PARA 2 OF ITEM
19.8 AS WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION AS TO WHEN THE UK RATIFIED THESE TWO ITEMS AND WHETHER THE ITU CONSTITUTION AND CONVENTION, NICE 1989, HAS YET ENTERED INTO FORCE. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD FAX TO IRELAND/CAB DOCUMENTS SHOWING UK RATIFICATION AND EXTENSION TO HK IN RESPECT OF ITEMS 19.7 AND 19.8, AND 19.1 ALSO.
THE BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTE ON ITEMS 19.2, 19.2(1) AND THE COMMONWEALTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANISATION FINANCIAL AGREEMENT IS TO INFORM THE CHINESE SIDE THAT THESE ITEMS MAY BE ALLOWED TO
LAPSE IN 1997. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE NOTE.
5. FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS IN THE CATEGORY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, I.E. ITEMS 19.4, 19.5, AND 19.6, WE DO NOT PLAN TO SEND INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION PAPERS TO THE CHINESE AS HONG KONG'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN INTELSAT, APT AND INMARSAT HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED IN THE JLG. THESE ITEMS WILL BE COVERED IN DUE COURSE IN COMPOSITE PAPER COVERING ALL TREATIES CONSTITUTING ORGANISATIONS SO FAR AGREED.
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