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TELEGRAM NUMBER 626 OF 21 SEPTEMBER
INFO HONG KONG
YOUR TELNOS 908 AND 909: CONSULAR AGREEMENT
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1. ON THE MANCHESTER CONSULAR DISTRICT WE WOULD PREFER TO
DROP CLEVELAND AND DERBYSHIRE, OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM, AS WELL
AS WEST MIDLANDS, FROM THE LIST OF 11 COUNTIES ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY THE CHINESE (YOUR TELNO 367). BUT IF NECESSARY, AND ASSUMING THAT PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 385 REGARDING TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS IS STILL VALID, YOU HAVE DISCRETION TO SETTLE FOR
THE 10 NOW PROPOSED BY MADAME XU.
2. ON ARTICLE 2 YOU SHOULD EXPLORE THE ALTERNATIVE FORMULAE
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YOU PROPOSE BUT IF NECESSARY THE INSTRUCTIONS IN OUR TELNO 276, INT
PARA 2 STILL STAND.
3. HAVE THE CHINESE ACCEPTED OUR PHRASE 'UNLESS OTHERWISE
AGREED BY THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS' AT THE BEGINNING OF
ARTICLE 4?
4.
ALSO IN ARTICLE 4 YOU MAY WISH TO ASK CONSULAR DEPT WHETHER
THE FACT THAT DESPITE WHAT THEY SAID ON 18 APRIL (PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 348) THE MFA HAS RECENTLY STARTED EXPERIMENTS WITH MINI-
MISSIONS MEANS THAT THEY WOULD NOW BE CONTENT WITH A STAFF
NUMBERS LIMIT MUCH LOWER THAN 30. (BUT THE INSTRUCTIONS IN OUR TELNO 276 PARA 1 STILL STAND.)
5. PARA 5 OF YOUR SECOND TUR. WE TRUST THERE IS NO IMPLICATION
THAT SHANGHAI'S OPENING WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON MANCHESTER'S.
6. DO YOU CONSIDER THAT THE TIME IS YET RIGHT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE CHINESE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 8(2) SHALL NOT BE BINDING ON THE RECEIVING STATE IN ANY CASE WHERE A NATIONAL OF
THE SENDING STATE HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO POLITICAL ASYLUM OR WHERE
AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH ASYLUM IS UNDER CONSIDERATION?
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MR WHOMERSLEY, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
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