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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1887
OF 29092OZ JULY 93
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
30 ***1 1993
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HONG KONG TELNO 1187: COMMISSION OFFICE IN HONG KONG
FOLLOWING FROM: MRS IP (DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT)
SUMMARY
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CONCLUDED TWO DAYS OF TALKS WITH THE EC DELEGATION ON THE GRANT OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES (P AND I'S) TO THE EC OFFICE IN HONG KONG. REACHED LARGE MEASURE OF AGREEMENT ON THE P AND IS TO BE GRANTED AND THE INSTRUMENT FOR SIGNIFYING OUR AGREEMENT. AGREED THAT THE EC WOULD REVERT TO US ON OUTSTANDING POINTS BY 15 AUGUST, AND THAT IF THE DIFFICULTIES COULD NOT BE RESOLVED BY CORRESPONDENCE, AN EC DELEGATION WOULD BE SENT TO HONG KONG TO RESUME TALKS. EC DELEGATION CONFIDENT ABOUT CONCLUSION OF AGREEMENT BEFORE OPENING OF THE OFFICE BY COMMISSIONER VAN DEN BROEK IN MID-OCTOBER.
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THE OUTSTANDING DIFFICULTIES ON THE P AND I'S WERE AS FOLLOWS:
PROVISION OF FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION, SIMILAR TO THAT AVAILABLE UNDER ARTICLE 35 OF VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS:
(B) AN APPROPRIATE FORMULATION TO DEAL WITH PERSONAL PROTECTION IN RESPECT OF ARREST AND DETENTION: AND
(C) EXEMPTION FROM DUTY TO GIVE EVIDENCE.
3. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFYING OUR AGREEMENT BY WAY OF EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT DELORS. WHILE THE EC DELEGATION SAW NO OBJECTION IN PRINCIPLE, THEY WISHED TO REFLECT ON THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENT TO
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