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FM HONG KONG 09051OZ NOV 84
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3425 OF 9 NOVEMBER
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YOUR TELSNOS 2208 AND 2209: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: LEGISLATION
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1. IN THE LIGHT OF MINISTERS' DECISION NOT TO ADOPT THE APPROACH FAVOURED BY EXCO, WE GO ALONG WITH THE APPROACH OUTLINED IN PARTS 1 AND 2 OF SECOND TUR. WE ASSUME THAT THE EXPRESSION CEASES TO HAVE SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION OVER ANY PART OF HONG KONG'' IS DESIGNED TO FUDGE THE PROBLEM OF THE DISTINCTION PETWEEN CEDED AND
THE LEASED TERRITORY.
2. ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, OUR VIEWS HAVE BEEN SET OUT IN PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE (OUR TELSNOS 3330 AND 3366). SINCE THE APPROACH SUGGESTED IN TUR APPEARS TO LEAVE HONG KONG FREE TO DEAL WITH THIS QUESTION IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE TO HONG KONG'S SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
3. THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARA 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR SUGGESTS THAT NO FURTHER COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED FROM US ON THE PROPOSALS REGARDING MODIFICATIONS OF STATUTES, ETC. MAY WE TAKE IT THAT PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 2190 HAS SUPERSEDED THE RESERVATIONS EXPRESSED IN PARA 4 OF
TO THE LETTER DATED 26 OCTOBER 1984 FROM MISS WALKER, HKD, LATHAM, WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THE INCLUSION OF PROVISIONS IN THE PRE-RATIFICATION LEGISLATION TO ENABLE US TO LOCALISE OUR CIVIL AVIATION LAWS MIGHT NOT BE POSSIBLE.
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COPIES TO:
SIR. P. CRMOOCIE
MR. BURROWS, LECAL ADVISER
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