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JALAKV
Sir
July 1985
1.
I have the honour to address you on the subject of
the conduct of certain aspects of the external affairs of
Hong Kong.
2.
As a matter of policy of successive British
Hong Kong has, over many years, been
Governments,
allowed
to
manage
its
own
external
commercial
¡
relations. In recognition of
of this, and subject to the
stipulations set out
out in paragraph 3 of this despatch, the United Kingdom Government hereby entrust to y ou with effect from the date specified in paragraph 4 of
of this
despatch, executive authority to conduct external
relations on behalf of Hong Kong negotiate, conclude and implement other countries, whether bilateral
to conduct all other aspects of
relations.
as follows, namely to
trade agreements with
or multilateral, and
external commercial
3.
It will be
necessary for you to
to inform the United
Kingdom Government in advance of any proposal to conduct
negotiations referred
to
in paragraph 2 of this despatch and to keep the United kingdom Government informed of the progress of any such negotiations.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.