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WOULD BE SENT WHEN THE RELEVANT LAWS IN HONG KONG CAME INTO FORCE. LIN APPEARED TO TAKE ALL THESE POINTS. BUT HE IMPLIED THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT WISH THE BILATERAL CONSULAR AGREEMENT TO COME INTO FORCE ONLY WHEN THE LEGISLATION HAD ACTUALLY BEEN PASSED IN HONG KONG.
3. GALSWORTHY RECALLED THAT THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES ON THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT HAD BEEN IN MAY WHEN MME XU HANBING HAD SAID SHE WOULD CONSIDER THE OUTSTANDING BRITISH POINTS AND LET US KNOW WHEN SHE WAS READY FOR ANOTHER MEETING. SO FAR WE HAD HEARD NOTHING. WE HOPED THAT SHE WOULD SOON BE READY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION SO THAT THE TWO AGREEMENTS COULD BE READY AT THE SAME TIME. OTHERWISE ONE MIGHT BE DELAYED WHILE FINAL AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THE OTHER. LIN UNDERTOOK TO REPORT THESE REMARKS.
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