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HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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UNCLASSIFIED

FROM PEKING 080915Z NOV 84

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TELNO 2725 OF 8/11/84

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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MY TELMO 2715% HONG KONG AGREEMENT: WU XUEQIAN'S REPORT TO THE

MPC STANDING COMMITTEE.

1. THE FOLLOWING IS OUR TRANSLATION OF THE FULL TEXT OF WU'S

REPORT CARRIED IN PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 7 NOVEMBER.

BEGINS:

THE TALKS BETWEEN OUT GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, WHICH LASTED FOR TWO YEARS, SATISFACTORILY CONCLUDED ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1984. THE LEADERS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS CARRIED OUT THE INITIALLING ON 26 SEPTEMBER AND THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED THAT DAY.

THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG INCLUDES

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