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FM FCO 221300 SEPTEMBER 82

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 444 OF 22 SEPTEMBER 82

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AND TO INFO ROUTINE UKREP PRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG

WITHDRAWAL OF HONG KONG FROM INTERNATIONAL COFFEE

AGREEMENT 1976.

1. THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG HAS ASKED THAT THE

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT 1976 CEASE TO APPLY TO THAT

TERRITORY FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 1982.

2.

THE UK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 64 OF THIS AGREEMENT.

THE UK EXTENDED THE AGREEMENT TO HONG KONG BY INCLUDING

THAT TERRITORY IN OUR RATIFICATION ON 19 JULY 1976. IT

FALLS TO THE UK TO GIVE EFFECT TO HONG KONG'S REQUEST BY

MAKING THE DECLARATION REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 64.3.

3. YOU ARE THEREFORE INSTRUCTED TO DELIVER A NOTE TO THE

UK SECRETARY GENERAL IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS. THE NOTE SHOULD

BE SIGNED BY THE AMBASSADOR.

'I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COFFEE

AGREEMENT 1975, OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AT NEW YORK ON 31

JANUARY 1976.

ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF

STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS I AM DIRECTED TO

INFORM YOU THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF

ARTICLE 64(3), THE AGREEMENT WILL CEASE TO EXTEND TO HONG

KONG AT MIDNIGHT ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1982.

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REQUEST THAT THE OTHER PARTIES TO THIS

AGREEMENT ARE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE FOREGOING.'

5. FOR PROCEDURAL REASONS THIS SHOULD BE DELIVERED OF

30 SEPTEMBER 1982.

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7.

GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD INFORM US WHEN THIS HAS BEEN DONE.

IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE UK WILL WISH TO NOTIFY

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