TNAG-0935-FCO40-1154-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Iran-1980 — Page 65

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 401 OF 19 MAY 1980

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INFO PRIORITY BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS): UKMIS GENEVA (FOR CHAU):

WASHINGTON (FOR CROWSON): PEKING

YOUR TELS NOS 651 AND 653 (NOT TO PEKING): SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN

1. THE ORDER IN COUNCIL DETAILING OVERALL UK MEASURES HAS NOT

YET BEEN APPROVED AND MAY STILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION WITH OUR

EUROPEAN PARTNERS. UNTIL THIS IS DONE, WE CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON

PARALLEL STEPS IN HONG KONG AND OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

2. WE WILL SEND INSTRUCTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE REALISE

THAT IT WILL PROBABLY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MEET THE 22 MAY DEADLINE

IN HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH WE SHALL WANT TO APPLY THE MEASURES THERE

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. IT MAY WELL BE THAT, IF A

SEPARATE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES ORDER IN COUNCIL IS PUBLISHED HERE,

ENABLING LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.

3. WE ARE SORRY NOT TO BE MORE PRECISE AT THIS STAGE. WE ARE

GRATEFUL FOR THE PREPARATORY WORK WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY Done.

4. TEXT OF IRAN (TEMPORARY POWERS) BILL WAS IN BAG WHICH

ARRIVED HONG KONG ON 17 MAY. ANOTHER COPY ADDRESSED TO

POLITICAL ADVISER IS BEING SENT TO ARRIVE ON 23 MAY.

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