TNAG-1388-FCO40-1859-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Sino-British-Joint-Declaration-1985 — Page 79

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DESKBY 25010OZ H K

FROM PEKING 241043Z MAY 85

TO IMMEDIATE FOO

TELMO 624 OF 24/5/35

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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HKK040/12.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

28 MAY 1935

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YOUR TELNO 483: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RATIFICATION

1. WE HAVE AGREED WITH THE MFA THAT THE TEXT PROPOSED BY WANG

JIAJI (MY TELNO 804) SHOULD BE RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY THE MFA AND

THE EMBASSY IMMEDIATELY AFTER COMPLETION OF THE RATIFICATION

CEREMONY. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE AT AROUND 10.20 PEKING TIME ON

27 MAY.

2. WE WILL ARRANGE TO NOTIFY HONG KONG BY FLASH TELEGRAM AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE AFTER COMPLETION OF THE CEREMONY.

EVANS

:

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

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR KARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE CABINET OFFICE MR DR C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.

MR MALLABY

་

SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

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