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TELELETTER

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FROM:

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R.P. MARGOLIS ESQ., DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER

HONG KONG

125 JANUARY 1985

HKK.040/12

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17:

DATED:-

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FOLLOWING FOR:-

A.C. GALSWORTHY ESQ.

HKD, FCO.

3CJAN 1925

1

HONG KONG AGREEMENT : ARTICLE BY CHINESE LEGAL EXPERT

1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 15 JANUARY.

2. I HAVE CONSULTED THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WHO AGREES WITH THE LINE OF ARGUMENT IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TELELETTER. WE SHOULD OF

COURSE CONSULT YOU BEFORE DEPLOYING ANY OF THESE POINTS.

3. WE SEE NO NEED TO DO SO AT PRESENT. NO ONE HERE HAS PICKED UP THIS POINT FROM ZHANG YOUYU'S ARTICLE, WHICH IN GENERAL AROUSED VERY LITTLE COMMENT. WE SHOULD ONLY CONSIDER DEPLOYING THESE POINTS IF THE CHINESE SOUGHT TO TAKE THINGS FURTHER BY PUBLICISING MORE

ARTICLES ON THE THEME.

SIGNED: R.P. MARGOLIS.

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