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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 1 8 AUG 1980
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6 FROM: R C Fursland, FED FCO
7 DATE: 12 August 1980-
8 FOLLOWING FOR: K Sullivan Esq,
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9 COPIED TO: I C Orr Esq, APA, HONG KONG
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10 DRAFT FOREIGN COMPENSATION (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
(REGISTRATION) ORDER 1980
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1.
J12.8.
Following encouraging discussions in Peking in June on
13 outstanding British claims against the PRC, Ministers have agreed 14 that a Foreign Compensation Order should be drafted so that these
15 claims can be registered. This is now being put in hand.
16 2.
One consideration which has arisen is that the Chinese might
17 well be reluctant to accept HMG's right to represent the interests
18 of Hong Kong Chinese. We do not want to make an issue of this,
19 and risk prejudicing the chances of making progress on the other
20 claims. But, at the same time, we do not want to seem to be
21 deliberately excluding Hong Kong Chinese from the scope of the
22 Order.
23 3.
The best (although far from perfect) solution might be that
24 only claims of persons who were CUKCS on 1 October 1949 should
25 be registrable. This would have the effect of excluding the
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