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Supporting Staff

CONFIDENTIAL

6.

There is no requirement in the Joint Declaration or

its Annexes to confer any privileges or immu nities on

supporting staff and it is not intended that the

legislation should cover them. However, in order to

ensure the necessary protection for the supporting staff

whom we send to Peking for meetings of the Group or any

sub-groups we propose to attach them temporarily to the

Embassy there. We must be ready to agree to reciprocal

arrangements for any Chinese supporting staff sent to

London for meetings.

7. Members of the Committee are invited to Comment on

the proposals above.

Comments should be sent to the

Secretaries with a copy to Hong Kong Dept, J N Powell

(Rm 305, FCO, Whitehall, SW1) by 9 November.

The FCO apologi ses to members for the short notice, but

instructions to Parliamentary Counsel need to issue

during the week commencing 12 November.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

5 November 1984

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