TNAG-1388-FCO40-1859-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Sino-British-Joint-Declaration-1985 — Page 188

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DESK BY 04090OZ F C O, PEKING

FM HONG KONG 040843Z APR 85

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 674 OF 4 APRIL

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

OP COPY:

HKK 040/12.

4 APR 1985

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MIPT : PEKING TELNO 464 HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RATIFICATION AND

REGISTRATION AT THE UN.

1. IT WILL BE APPARENT FROM MIPT, AND FROM THE POINTS MADE ABOUT THE

LEGCO TIMETABLE FOR THE LEGISLATION ON PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES FOR

THE JLG IN MY TELSNOS 626 AND 668, THAT EARLIER RATIFICATION, AS

PROPOSED BY ZHOU NAN, WILL NOT (NOT) BE POSSIBLE.

2. ON REGISTRATION AT THE UN, THIS WOULD BE A BIG PLUS FACTOR IN HONG KONG. WHATEVER THE PRECISE TIMING OF THE REGISTRATION, I HOPE

THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO AGREE WITH THE CHINESE THAT BOTH GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DECLARE PUBLICLY POSSIBLY AT THE TIME OF RATIFICATION IF NOT BEFORE THEIR INTENTION TO REGISTER THE JOINT

DECLARATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS.

YOUDE

copied

040/11

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 HARD ING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT. LEGAL ADVISERS

MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE. CABINET OFFICE MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.

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