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TELEGRAM NUMBER 804 OF 23 MAY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RATIFICATION
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1. WANG JIAJI OF THE MEA'S HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE SAW
BLUNT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONFIRMED THAT THE RATIFICATION CEREMONY
WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 10AM ON 27 MAY AT THE DIAOYUTAI. JI PENGDE I
AND WU XUEQIAN WOULD ATTEND. JI WOULD HOST A BANQUET THAT EVENING.
2. WANG SUGGESTED THAT THE TEXTS OF MY AND ZHOU MAN'S SPEECHES
SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR DELIVERY TO THE PRESS
ATTENDING THE CEREMONY. HE FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT THE TWO SIDES
SHOULD ISSUE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PEKING AND LONDON, AT A TIME TO BE FIXED, A PRESS STATEMENT CONFIRMING THAT RATIFICATION HAD TAKEN PLACE. HE HANDED OVER A DRAFT, THE TEXT OF WHICH IN OUR TRANSLATION
IS AS FOLLOWY:
QUOTE ZHOU NAN, VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND SIR RICHARD EVANS, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY
AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAN AND
NORTHER IRELAND TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, ON 27 MAY 1995
IN PEKING EXCHANGED INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT
DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN
IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WHICH WAS SIGNED ON 19 DECEMBER
1994 BY PREMIER ZHAO ZIYAND AND PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER
AND WHICH HAS BEEN RATIFIED BY THE TWO SIDES IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGAL PROCEDURES. THE JOINT DECLARATION HAS
ENTERED INTO FORCE AS OF TODAY UNGUOTE.
WANG HOPED WE WOULD RESPOND TO THE ABOVE DRAFT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. SEE MIFT FOR IDSCUSSION OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE JOINT
LIAISON GROUP.
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
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 BRC CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
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