TNAG-1332-FCO40-1762-Future-of-Hong-Kong-White-Paper-on-the-Joint-Declaration-1984 — Page 44

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PART THREE OF THE WHITE PAPER

1. I submit a draft of Part Three of the White Paper which gives a detailed explanation of the Agreement and the Exchange of Memoranda.

It does not from Peking.

include an It incorporates comments explanation of the Joint Declaration, which is fully covered in Part One of the White Paper.

2.

It is also

The primary purpose of this section of the White Paper is to highlight the most important points of the agreement in layman's language, and to present it in the best light possible.

on substance, but to elucidate areas where we have got what we want by means of subtle language, the implications of which may not be immediately obvious. We have however to be wary of provoking the Chinese to public denials of our interpretations.

3.

Hong Kong have said that they do not think that my original draft will fulfil its stated purpose. I have some sympathy with

is this view: it

from London a text which is not easy to draft essentially designed to take care of concerns in Hong Kong.

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