TNAG-1349-FCO40-1790-Chinese-visa-office-in-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 200

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GRS 333

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FM FCO 061630Z APR 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 333 OF 6 APRIL

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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CHINESE VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG

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YOUR TEL NO 653:

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YOUR PARA 5: YES

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1. FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 4 OF TUR IS CORRECT.

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YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE AN OUTLINE OF THE PROCEDURES

THAT WILL NEED TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON THE VISA OFFICE CAN TAKE PLACE. THESE ARE:

(A) EACH SIDE PREPARES TEXT OF APPROPRIATE NOTE IN DRAFT. DRAFTS ARE THEN NORMALLY EXCHANGED FOR FINAL CLEARANCE OF TEXTS. CHINESE NOTE SHOULD BE IN CHINESE (OR IN ENGLISH IF THEY PREFER), AND OUR NOTE OF REPLY IN ENGLISH.

(B) EACH SIDE PREPARES FINAL VERSION OF OWN NOTE.

(C) NOTES ARE EXCHANGED.

4. OUR NOTE OF REPLY TO THE CHINESE NOTE SHOULD BE WORDED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINS

THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN CHINA PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND HAS THE HONOUR TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE MINISTRY'S NOTE NO

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OF SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN TODAYS DATE SQUARE BRACKETS END WHICH IN TRANSLATION READS AS FOLLOWS:-

QUOTE SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN TEXT OF MINISTRY'S NOTE IN FULL IN ENGLISH SQUARE BRACKETS END UNQUOTE

IN REPLY, THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN CHINA HAS THE HONOUR TO CONFIRM THAT THE ABOVE PROPOSALS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THAT THE MINISTRY'S NOTE AND THIS NOTE OF REPLY WILL CONSTITUTE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERN- MENTS ON THIS MATTER, WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON THE DATE ON WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFIES THE GOVERN-

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