TNAG-1388-FCO40-1859-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Sino-British-Joint-Declaration-1985 — Page 72

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FROM PEKING 282345Z MAY 85

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 853 OF 28/5/85

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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Николова.

JOMAY 1985

MY TELNOS 830-2: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RATIFICATION

1. THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION WAS REPORTED PROMINENTLY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 28 MAY. THE REPORT QUOTED PART OF ZHOU NAN'S SPEECH (THE FIRST THREE SENTENCES OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF MY THIRD TUR) AND NOTED HIS STATEMENT THAT THE SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION WAS STRONG PROOF OF THE FRIENDLY COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN. THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF MY STATEMENT WAS QUITED (PARAGRAPH

SIX OF MY TELNO 789) 118

2. THE ARTICLE ALSO CARRIED THE FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT CONFIRMING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION (PARAGRAPH TWO OF MY TELNO 804)

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3. A SHORT REPORT OF JI PENGFEI'S BANQUET WAS ALSO CARRIED. IT REPORTED THAT IN PROPOSING A TOAST, JI HAD SAID THAT THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION WAS A MAJOR EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THAT ON

THE ROAD OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION THERE REMAINED MANY THINGS

THE TWO SIDES STILL HAD TO DO. JI EXPRESSED THE HOPE FOR CONTINUED

DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. Y EXPRESSION (IN RESPONSE

TO JI'S TOAST) OF SATISFACTION AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH

RELATIONS WAS ALSO REPORTED.

EVANS

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

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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

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

MR MALLABY

OFFICE CABINET OFFICE

MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, Ng. 10 DOWNING ST.