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III.
8.
External Relations
The principal factor in Hong Kong's external
alt if we affairs is, of course, the Chinese position which was publicly defined by the Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations in a letter to
the Chairman of the Committee of 24 dated 8 March
1972:
"As is known to all, the questions of Hong Kong and Macao belong to the category of questions resulting from the series of unequal treaties left over by history, treaties which the imperialists imposed on China. Hong Kong and Macao are part of Chinese territory occupied by the British and Portuguese authorities. The settlement of the questions of Hong Kong and Macao is entirely within China's sovereign right and does not at all fall under the ordinary category of "Colonial Territories". Consequently, they should not be included in the list of Colonial Territories covered by the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
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