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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 534
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YOUR TELNO 304 : BOUNDARIES
1. OUR LEGAL ADVISERS HAD NOT REALLY TAKEN ON BOARD THAT AMENDING THE SOVEREIGN BOUNDARY COULD BE DONE RELATIVELY SIMPLY AT YOUR END AND WOULD NOT CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS. WE WILL REPLY SUBSTANTIVELY TO POINTS IN TUR SOON. HOWEVER WE SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR URGENT DEFINITIVE CLARIFICATION ON ONE POINT WHICH REMAINS UNCLEAR.
2. YOUR EARLIER ADVICE (YOUR TELNO 862 OF APRIL 1990) SUGGESTED AN AMENDMENT TO CAP.I WOULD BE REQUIRED. WOULD THIS BE EFFECTED AUTOMATICALLY BY THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AS IMPERIAL LEGISLATION, OVERRIDING THE EXISTING LOCAL ORDINANCE? OR WOULD WE NEED TO PUT AN AMENDMENT TO LEGCO?.
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