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1. Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign

and Commonwealth Affairs has the honour to refer to the

Supplementary Extradition Treaty between the Government of the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the

Government of the United States of America signed at Washington on

25 June 1985, as amended by Notes exchanged at Washington dated

19 and 20 August 1986. The United Kingdom has completed the steps

necessary under its law to implement the Treaty in the United

Kingdom and in all the dependent territories named in the

Annex to the Treaty save for Hong Kong.

2. In order to permit the entry into force of the Treaty without

further delay, the Secretary of State has the honour to propose

that the United Kingdom and the United States proceed with an early

exchange of instruments of ratification.

Having regard, however, to

the special circumstances of Hong Kong following the Joint

Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's

Republic of China of 19 December 1984 on the Question of Hong Kong,

the Government of the United Kingdom is not yet able to apply

the Supplementary Treaty in respect of Hong Kong and therefore

has the honour also to propose that the Supplementary Treaty be

suspended in its application to Hong Kong until the Government

of the United Kingdom should notify the Government of the United

States of America by diplomatic note that the steps necessary for

its implementation in respect of Hong Kong have been completed.

This suspension will be without prejudice

application to Hong Kong of the Extradition Treaty signed at

to

the continued

London on 8 June 1972.