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TELEGRAM NUMBER 528 OF 16 APRIL

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18 APR 1985

MARGOLIST'S TELELETTER OF 15 APRIL: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

RATIFICATION

1.

THE INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION WILL BE TYPED ON GILT-EDGED

GOATSKIN PAPER AND WILL BE SEALED AND RIBBONED INSIDE A BLUE

MOROCCO LEATHER COVER BEARING THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS. IT WILL

BE SENT OUT INSIDE A BLACK LEATHER WALLET ALSO BEARING THE

ROYAL COAT OF ARMS.

2. THE INSTRUMENT WILL BEGIN 'WHEREAS A JOINT DECLARATION ON

THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, WITH ANNEXES, WAS SIGNED AT BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER, 1984 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHICH JOINT DECLARATION AND ANNEXES ARE WORD FOR WORD AS FOLLOWS'. THIS

WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PRINTED INSERT CONTAINING FIRST THE

TEXT OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ANNEXES IN ENGLISH AND THEN

THE CHINESE TEXT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 'THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, HAVING CONSIDERED THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ANNEXES AFORESAID, HEREBY CONFIRM AND RATIFY THE SAME AND UNDERTAKE FAITHFULLY

TO PERFORM AND CARRY OUT ALL THE STIPULATIONS THEREIN CONTAINED. IN WITNESS WHEREOF THIS INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION

IS SIGNED AND SEALED BY HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS. DONE THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1985.' THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE SIGNED

BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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