TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 118

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FM FCO 131555Z SEPTEMBER 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1828

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: REVISED PART ONE OF DRAFT AGREEMENT

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A REVISED PART ONE OF THE WHITE PAPER.

BEGINS:

DRAFT WHITE PAPER

A DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION

1. ON ..

SEPTEMBER 1984 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

INITIALLED THE DRAFT TEXT OF AN AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG

KONG. THE AGREEMENT, CONTAINED IN PART TWO OF THIS WHITE PAPER,

CONSISTS OF A JOINT DECLARATION INCLUDING THREE ANNEXES THERE IS AN

ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA. THESE DOCUMENTS ARE THE

OUTCOME OF TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS,

UNDERTAKEN WITH THE COMMON AIM OF MAINTAINING THE PROSPERITY AND

STABILITY OF HONG KONG.

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHITE PAPER IS TO PRESENT THESE DOCUMENTS

IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG AND OF THE LAST TWO

YEARS' NEGOTIATIONS AND TO EXPLAIN THEIR CONTENTS. THE TEXT OF

THIS WHITE PAPER IS ALSO BEING PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG BY THE HONG

KONG GOVERNMENT, AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE BEING INVITED TO

COMMENT ON THE OVERALL ACCEPTABILITY OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT

DESCRIBES. THEREAFTER THE MATTER WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT.

TREATIES

3. BRITAIN ACQUIRED THE CROWN COLONY OF HONG KONG THROUGH THREE

TREATIES CONCLUDED WITH THE THEN CHINESE GOVERNMENT DURING THE

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