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FM FCO 05134OZ JUNE 85

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 781 OF 05 JUNE

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS

(FOR JONES), WASHINGTON

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OUR TELNO 753, UKMIS GENEVA TELNOS 220 AND 221 AND HONG KONG TELNO

1083: HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GATT AND CCC: DRAFT EXCO

MEMORANDUM

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SUBJECT TO PARA 2 BELOW, WE AGREE WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS TO

THE TEXT IN FIRST TUR SUGGESTED IN THIRD TUR.

PRC DECLARATION

2. THE WORDS 'HONG KONG' IN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THIS

DECLARATION SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH 'THE TERRITORY' TO REFLECT

HONG KONG'S STATUS, FROM 1 JULY 1997, AS A SAR OF THE PRC.

3. MIFT CONTAINS TEXTS OF THE UK, HONG KONG AND PRC DECLARATIONS

AS AMENDED BY UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 221 AND BY PARA 2 ABOVE.

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THE WAY WOULD NOW SEEM CLEAR FOR YOU TO PUT THE AMENDED

MEMORANDUM TO EXCO ON 11 JUNE.

HOWE

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PS/MR LUCE

MR WILSON

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVE OFFICE LONDON

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MISS WILMSHURST, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR AJ PRYOR, DTP/DTI (VICTORIA)

MRS HEALD, CUSTOMS AND EXCISE, MARK LANE

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