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FM HONG KONG 26103OZ AUG 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 939 OF 26 AUGUST
FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 645
HKK
JOPY
1040/3.
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FOLLOWING ARE OUR COMMENTS ON ANNEX C EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
PARAGRAPH 10, FIRST SENTENCE MIGHT WELL BE REWORDED AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THE UK TO REACH AN UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PRC (A) THAT ANY SUCH SOLE AUTHORITY WOULD NOT BE EXERCISED TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PRC (SINCE THIS WOULD BE IMPLICIT ANYWAY AND, INDEED, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS UNDERSTANDING EXPLICIT): AND (B) THAT THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG WOULD BE PARAMOUNT UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH 11: INSERT AFTER THE WORDS QUOTE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE THE FOLLOWING WORDS IN BRACKETS QUOTE (AS, INDEED, IS THE CASE UNDER COLONIAL RULE) UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH 12: PUT A FULL STOP AFTER MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IN THE LAST SENTENCE AND INSERT A NEW SENTENCE AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE THIS WOULD ONLY BE PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE IF ITS SCOPE, AND ANY NECESSARY LEGAL IMPLEMENTATION WAS REASONABLY WELL UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED BY THE PRC UNQUOTE.
YOUDE
MINIMAL
HD/HKOG D
COPIES TO
MR RUSHFORD LEGAL ADVISER
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