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Commite Singapore,
Kuala Lumpur, Nanking
Your deopoteh No. 36 of 15th December,
Effect of Recognition of Communist Government.
give
We hesitate to answers the general/questions
to the
in paragraph 6 of your despatch.
It will be
necessary to consider concrete cases when they
arise.
2.
Subject to this caution we are advised that
the following are the answering
your questions:-
English courts have regarded recognition
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as being retroactive in its effect and this seems
to be the generally accepted view. Therefore,
we cannot forecast the exact date from which
as recognition will be regarded to be effective in
matters relating to property. This is a question
which normally has to be answered by the courts
where the action is brought. (See for example,
The decision
.
Oppenheim, 7th Ed. Vol 1.p.133.)
Gretroactive
133..)
of a court as to the legal effect of recognition
will not alter the date of the recognition itself,
which we anticipate will be the day on which the
note according recognition is delivered by HMG. to
Sach the_the_Communist Government No/decision by-
from which
the Court -to- the effective date of recognition in a Hong Kong
CountTM
/can, of course, be made before the delivery of
laccording recoming be notified about the
recognition note You will
HMG's no
delivery/