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Convention. A substantial number of berselance have accepted extension, but we have brotino fur notified the fact to the commial d) Euage (untal the full effect of adsaft protocal to the convention is Rusion). HMG is so only government t

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have ratified anyway.

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While therefore it would be preferable for thong Hong to accept extension of forsible, there read

be no tearing hurry about it.

It is true abs that

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as, since AMG " contracts in "oves territorial extension

Rather than "contrasts out, Hong Kong will not be

publicly named as

not accepting extension this

of course is not to any that some

unfavourabess

Critic may not notice the swission And ithand

attention to it

But of the time required to undertake

legal examination of the oventions in relation to HK lepidation

is not expected to be lony, we

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right accept the proposed by the fove nas in fare 4 (),

Qubject to your

affecting

views on the validity of "public amargang

the life of the nations

as applied to Hong Kong.

As to the forcenars alternature proporal in

peva. 5 DC), we can,

Ithurls reamwe hun that

AMG

have no intention whatever of making an declaration under Article 25 (I would conforme

(Iwould with the FD that this is still the new). Of that is.

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and the "public emergency" view of Hong Kong is upheld here we work than to consult the Fe about the poppin

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gency in order to make the spation, hun.inity

" with reference to the bur's comment about derogations, I do not know on how large a scale these would reed to le. Ley impression is that thing might be small. The mim difficially is the receventy to declare the "public livergener," in ware to make them

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