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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 638 OF 8 MAY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: REGISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND ERIC HO 1. RODNEY DIETCH OF THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS CALLED NEWS
DEPARTMENT TODAY TO ASK:
A) WHETHER THE UK AND CHINA WOULD BE REGISTERING THE AGREEMENT
AT THE UNITED NATIONS?
B)
C)
D)
WHETHER ERIC HO WOULD BE SEEING FCO MINISTERS?
WHETHER HO HAD BRITISH NATIONALITY? AND
WHETHER HM AMBASSADOR PEKING AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE UK FOR THE VISIT BY PREMIER ZHAO?
2. IN REPLY NEWS DEPARTMENT HAVE TAKEN THE FOLLOWING LINE:
A)
WE WILL BE REGISTERING THE AGREEMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE USUAL WAY AS WE ARE OBLIGED TO DO UNDER THE ARTICLE 102 OF THE UNITED NATIONS'S CHARTER. WHETHER THE CHINESE ALSO INTEND TO REGISTER THE AGREEMENT IS A MATTER FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. B) THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR HO TO MEET FCO MINISTERS, ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE SEEING FCO OFFICIALS.
C)
HO DOES NOT HAVE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.
D)
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE RETURNING FOR PREMIER ZHAO'S VISIT, AS
WILL THE AMBASSADOR.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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