was the subject of the Crder concerned.
2.
Command Papers exist in relation to the majority
of the later Conventions, although it would not be safe
to assume without some further research that the British
Government's attitude has not changed in the intervening
years especially in cases where the Conventions have been
revised or replaced by later Conventions.
3. Since the major revision of the Constitution in
1946 when Article 35 in its present form was adopted
it has generally been the case that the White Faper
setting out HG's attitude has been circulated to all
non-metropolitan Governments; in cases where HG has
ratified, or stated the intention to ratify, Convention or a change in the Constitution, there are consequential obligations placed on, HIG by the Consti-
tution of the ILO which require the .
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agreement or authority of British non-metropolitan Governments for declarations to be deposited.
The relevant Command Papers should therefore have been received already by the Government of Hong Kong.
It is unlikely that spare copies of the
4.
earlier White Papers would be readily available and in case copies are already on record in Hong Kong, it would be helpful if you could check the position against the list given below. In the event that additional copies are still required and are not available in this Office these could be purchased from Her Majesty's Stationery Office on your behalf assuring they are still in print. It should be noted that there are two series of Command
The "Cmd" series was used Papers, "Cmd" and "Cmnd".
in relation to the IIO up to and including
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