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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS (FOR JONES), WASHINGTON

MIPT: HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GATT AND CCC: DRAFT EXCO MEMORANDUM

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FOLLOWING ARE THE TEXTS OF THE UK, HONG KONG, AND PRC DECLARATIONS: BEGINS

(A) UK DECLARATION

I AM INSTRUCTED BY HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS TO DECLARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XXVI (V)(C) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, THAT HONG KONG, BEING A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY IN REPECT OF WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ACCEPTED THE AGREEMENT, POSSESSES FULL AUTONOMY IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND OF THE OTHER MATTERS PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAID ARTICLE, HONG KONG WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION, IF IT SO WISHES BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT.

(B) HONG KONG DECLARATION

I AM INSTRUCTED TO REFER TO ARTICLE XXVI (V)(C) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, AND TO THE COMMUNICATION WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION IN GENEVA HAS TODAY ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, AND TO CONFIRM THAT HONG KONG WISHES TO BE DEEMED A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT.

(C) PRC DECLARATION

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TO REFER TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (THE AGREEMENT), TO 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, SIGNED IN PEKING ON 19

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