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INWARD SAVING TELEGRAM

SAVING TELEGRAM

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ADVANCE COT RECEIVED IN

From the Governor, Hong Kong

Το the Secretary of State for Foreign and

Commonwealth Affairs

Date 25th April 1975

My Reference CR 3/5691/67 II

REGISTRY No.74 NO.

-7 MAY 1975

16) Um50/3174

International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

3

Hx 2/522/2 (1974)

**2/522/2

(1974)

3.

We recommend that reservations be entered on behalf of Hong Kong in respect of:

HA

REGISTRY No

- 8 MAY 19/5

um 30/3

Your savingram No. 18 of 5th September 1974 refers. I submit below a statement on the position of the Hong Kong Government on the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and apologise for the delay in replying.

2.

The reservations entered by you relating to dependent territories (paragraph 2 of your savingram 5 of - 20th February 1974) have been studied.

umso/3 174

(a) Article 1

1

(b) Article 11

(c) Article 12

(a) Article 20

(e) Article 25(b)

to the extent recommended by the Working Group;

to the extent recommended by the Working Group;

in so far as it may require the establishment of a elected legislature in Hong Kong.

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