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HKK 4404.53.
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1 2 NOV 1984
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DESKBY 090100Z HONG KONG
DESKBY 090100Z PEKING
FM FCO 081052Z NOVEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2204 OF 8 NOVEMBER
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PQ ON SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT
1.
MR PETER BRUINVELS (CONSERVATIVE) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR ORAL ANSWER ON 9 NOVEMBER. IT WILL NOT BE REACHED.
BEGINS
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS, WHEN AND BY WHOM THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG WILL
BE SIGNED.
ENDS
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING DRAFT REPLY
DESKBY 090900Z:
BEINGS
THE HOUSE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, AND WILL WISH TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REPORTS OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE IN HONG KONG AND THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING TEAM. IF THE AGREEMENT IS ACCEPTABLE TO PARLIAMENT, IT WILL BE SIGNED IN PEKING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SIGNATURE HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALISED, BUT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
ENDS
3. WE ASSUME THAT YOU STILL PREFER AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRIME MINSTER'S VISIT, WHICH WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE CONTINGENT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE DEBATE, TO COME LATER IN THE MONTH.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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