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MY SECOND IPT: HONG KONG AND THE IMO.
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GENERAL.
BEGINS
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF CHINESE NOTE TO THE UN SECRETARY
I AM INSTRUCTED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WITH REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNICATION WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED
TO YOUR EXCELLENCY TODAY, TO NOTIFY YOUR EXCELLENCY OF THE
DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS FOLLOWS:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SIGNED IN BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER 1984,
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL RESUME THE EXERCISE OF
SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997. HONG
KONG, AS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE TERRITORY OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WILL BECOME A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
WITH EFFECT FROM THAT DATE. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL
HAVE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
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