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FM FCO 171745Z NOV 83
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1210 OF 17 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
WORKING PAPERS ON TREATIES
INDEX
1. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING DRAFT:
BEGINS CHINESE PROPOSALS
HONG KONG WOULD MAINTAIN ITS EXISTING EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN
ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL FIELDS. IT COULD ON ITS OWN MAINTAIN
AND DEVELOP ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS AND SIGN
AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES, REGIONS AND RELEVANT
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS.
IMPLICATIONS
THERE ARE BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL TREATIES WHICH APPLY TO
HONG KONG IN APPROPRIATE CASES THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UK
AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WOULD COOPERATE TO ENSURE
WITH THE AGREEMENT OR CONCURRENCE OF THE OTHER PARTIES, THE
CONTINUED APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES TO HONG KONG. SINCE A
LARGE NUMBER OF TREATIES WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED THE
MOST CONVENIENT COURSE MAY BE TO ESTABLISH A JOINT COMMISSION FOR
THIS PURPOSE, COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
THE UK AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WITH THE ASSISTANCE
OF EXPERTS FROM HONG KONG. THIS MIGHT BE ESTABLISHED UNDER
THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON AN OVERALL ARRANGEMENT FOR HONG KONG'S
FUTURE.
HOWE
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