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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS PLEASE PASS HKGO FOR WEBB/JOHNSON
PEKING TELNO 1156: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
1.
THE REPORT OF THE 17-19 JUNE QUEBEC MEETING OF THE CCC
RECORDS 'THE SECRETARY GENERAL STATED THAT A PROPOSAL HAD BEEN
RECEIVED FORM THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE ADMISSION OF HONG KONG
AS A MEMBER OF THE CCC UNDER ARTICLE TM(A)(NT) OF THE COUNCIL
CONVENTION, WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE ADMISSION OF SEPARATE CUSTOMS
TERRITORIES. THIS PROPOSAL WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A DECLARATION
DEPOSITIED BY CHINA. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL
APPROVE THE ADMISSION OF HONG KONG''
2.
THE REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN TABLED AT THE OTTAWA PLENARY
MEETING OF THE CCC. THIS WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY,
25 JUNE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS Ms J HEALD, HMCIE,
KINGS BEAM HSE.
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