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JALAKW

CONFIDENTIAL

July 1985

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to FCO telegram number

580 of 29 August 1969

1969 to Hong Kong on certain aspects of

external affairs

to and Hong Kong's

contained in my despatch of today's date.

2.

The United

out

responsible for

for the external

carrying

Kingdom

Government

this

the entrustment

to be

In

in

continues Kingdom Government

relations of Hong Kong.

their general responsibility, the United

will of course seek the fullest

consultation with the Government of Hong Kong and will at all times have special regard to the interests of Hong

However, Kong.

subject to the stipulations

out set

paragraph 3 of

United Kingdom Government has thought it appropriate to make more formal

provision

you of executive

authority to conduct certain aspects of the external relations of Hong Kong. In addition the United Kingdom Government will give sympathetic consideration to any request by you for authority to take action on individual questions of external relations of Hong Kong not covered by that despatch.

for the

the despatch,

delegation

to

3. In view of the general responsiblity of the United Kingdom Government for the external affairs of Hong Kong, it will be necessary for you to inform the United Kingdom

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