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RECEIVED IN RESTY XO. $1 0 4 SEP 1981

DESK OFFICER

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RaQISTAY Action Taken

MR FRIAR, HKGD

HONG KONG: CHINA VISA OFFICE

Paking

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12 ملا

Please refer to Hong Kong telno 539, a copy of which I

have just received from your Department.

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2. The telegram refers to "an agreement" but I take it that there is to be a memorandum of understanding, not an international agreement (which would have to be registered with the UN).

3. If I am right, we must make quite sure that the language used is appropriate for an MOU and does not suggest the existence

of an agreement.

27 August 1981

A.R.R

A R Rushford

Deputy Legal Adviser

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