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over a draft
specific authorization from the Secretary of
specific
State for the Governor of Hong Kong to make the amendment,
as envisaged in paragraph 2(b) of the
authorization of 12 September 1986 under which the ASA was
concluded.
The
British side believe that this is consistent
with the relevant provisions of the Joint Declaration (JD
119) and is in accordance with our agreed principles for
dealing with separated ASAS.
The Chinese side was informed on 7 September 1992
that the Hong Kong/Netherlands ASA included no rights to
Taiwan.
I can also confirm that the proposed amendment
does not involve such rights.
I should be grateful for early confirmation by the
Chinese side that they have no objection to the proposed
amendment.
Office of the British Senior Representative Sino-British Joint Liaison Group
29 July 1993