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ATTENDS UNQUOTE AND BEFORE THE WORD QUOTE MEETINGS UNQUOTE.

PARA 20

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10.

AS DRAFTED, THIS PARA REFLECTS:

(A)

UPDATED FIGURES WHICH HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE HAVE PROVIDED

AND IN THE LIGHT OF WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO AMEND THE HONG KONG

DOLLAR EQUIVALENT:

(B) DETAILS OF THE BASIS ON WHICH WE HAVE ASSUMED THAT HONG KONG'S

CONTRIBUTION TO THE CCC ANNUAL BUDGET WOULD PROBABLY BE THE

MINIMUM PAYABLE BY A CONTRACTING PARTY.

PARAS 21 AND 22

11. WE AGREE WITH YOU (PARA 4 OF YOUR TELNO 894 AND PARA 6 OF

YOUR TELNO 1000) THAT WE SHOULD DRAW EXCO'S ATTENTION TO THE

POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS FOR

HONG KONG'S OVERSEAS REPRESENTATION. AS DRAFTED THESE PARAS ALSO

TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PARAS 3 AND 4 OF UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 192.

DRAFT DECLARATIONS

A UK DECLARATION

12.

(A)

THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THIS REFLECTS:

A DRAFTING CHANGE SUGGESTED BY OUR LEGAL ADVIERS:

(B) OUR PREFERENCE FOR THE PHRASE QUOTE MAY BE DEEMED UNQUOTE

RATHER THAN QUOTE COULD UNQUOTE OR QUOTE SHOULD UNQUOTE BE

DEEMED. (SEE OUR COMMENTS IN PARA 5 ABOVE ON PARA 6 OPTION 3 OF

THE TEXT).

(C) USE OF THE WORD QUOTE COMMUNICATION UNQUOTE AS SUGGESTED IN

PARA 3(A) OF DAME ANNE WARBURTON'S TELELETTER OF 1 MAY TO

GALSWORTHY.

WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION FROM UKMIS GENEVA THAT

QUOTE MAY UNQUOTE AS IN (B) ABOVE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

B HONG KONG DECLARATION

13.

THIS REFLECTS OUR AGREEMENT TO THE POINTS MADE IN PARA 3(B)

OF DAME ANNE WARBURTONS TLUR :

C PRC DECLARATION

14.

(A) WE AGREE WITH THE RE-ORDERED WORDING SUGGESTED IN PARA

3 OF PEKING TELNO 683. WE ALSO AGREE WITH YOU (PARA 4 OF YOUR

TELNO 1000) THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IF THE PRC DECLARATION

WERE TO REFER EXPRESSLY TO THE POST-1997 SITUATION IN SUCH A WAY

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