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FM FCOLN TO CANBE

081030Z APR

GRS 882

HKK 12211

RECEIVED

1 0 APR 1936

AB

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA

TELNO 171

OF 081030Z APRIL 86

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AND TO IMMEDIATE VIENNA, BRUSSELS, OTTAWA, COPENHAGEN AND TO IMMEDIATE HELSINKI, PARIS, BONN, ATHENS, REYKJAVIK

AND TO IMMEDIATE DUBLIN, ROME, TOKYO, LUXEMBOURG, WELLINGTON

AND TO IMMEDIATE THE HAGUE, OSLO, LISBON, MADRID, STOCKHOLM AND TO IMMEDIATE BERNE, ANKARA, WASHINGTON, UKREP BRUSSELS AND TO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, BANGKOK AND TO IMMEDIATE MANILA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, SEOUL, ISLAMABAD

AND TO IMMEDIATE MONTEVIDEO, NEW DELHI, BRASILIA, CAIRO

AND TO IMMEDIATE BELGRADE, UKMIS GENEVA

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING

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MIPT:

HONG KONG AND GATT: BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

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BEGINS

TEXT OF THE UK DECLARATION IS AS FOLLOWS:

I AM INSTRUCTED BY HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF

STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS TO REFER TO THE

DECLARATION MADE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ON 28 JUNE 1948 CONCERNING

THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE TO

HONG KONG, AND TO DECLARE THAT HONG KONG, BEING A SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY, IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS ACCEPTED THAT AGREEMENT, POSSESSES FULL AUTONOMY IN THE CONDUCT OF

ITS EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND OF THE OTHER MATTERS

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