TNAG-1388-FCO40-1859-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Sino-British-Joint-Declaration-1985 — Page 168

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FM FCO 191445Z APR 85

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 330 OF 19 APRIL

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

НКК очла

2 CAPR 1985

YOUR TELNO 554: JOINT LIAISONGROUP: RATIFICATION

1. YOU SHOULD CONFIRM THE POINTS IN PARA 3 OF OUR TELNO 319. 2. ON RATIFICATION, YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THE TIMING OF HONG KONG LEGISLATION NEEDED TO GIVE APPROPRIATE PRIVILEGES -AND IMMUNITIES TO MEMBERS OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND ALSO THAT ON LAND REVENUE

IS SUCH THAT IT IS UNLIKELY TO BE POSSIBLE TO BRING FORWARD RATIFICATION FROM THE WEEK BEGINNING 27 MAY, WHICH WE HAD PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED. YOU SHOULD ENQUIRE WHY THE CHINESE ARE ANXIOUS TO BRING IT FORWARD. YOU SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE THINK IT WOULD BE WISE TO RESOLVE OUR PRESENT DIFFERENCES ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP BEFORE GOING FIRM ON A

DATE FOR RATIFICATION.

3. OUR TEL NO 319 AND YOUR TEL NO 554 HAVE BEEN REPEATED TO

HONG KONG.

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 HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

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COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR DRC CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.

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