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FM HONG KONG

TO MMMED HATE FCO

TELNO 2238

OF 10103OZ JUNE 87

CONFIDENTIAL

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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HKGOL FOR MARHINE ADVISER

MMPT : HONG KONG AND MO

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE FOR USE BY THE UK REPRESENTATIVE WHEN SPEAKING TO THE MO SECRETARIAT:

BEGINS

MY CHINESE COLLEAGUE AND HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO APPROACH YOU

TODAY TO SEEK YOUR ADVICE ON A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE TO BOTH OUR GOVERNMENTS. IT CONCERNS HONG KONG'S CURRENT ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF

*IMO AND THE CONTINUATION OF THAT STATUS AFTER 1997.

YOU ARE AWARE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

RELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SINGNED IN BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER 1984, THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL RESTORE HONG KONG TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

CHINA WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997. AND THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM

WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG

UNTIL THAT DATE.

OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD, WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997, CONTINUE TO BE AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE MO, USING THE NAME HONG KONG, CHINA'', SINCE THE PRC HS A MEMBER OF THE

ORGANIZATION, AND THE HKSAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO EXERCASE HITS

RIGHTS, AND FULFIL HITS OBLIGATIONS FOR BEING AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER MN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONVENTION ON THE MO, OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE OF

THE VIEW THAT THERE MIS NO OBSTACLE TO HONG KONG REMAINING AN

ASSOC KATE MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION AFTER 1997 AND THAT THERE MIS

NO NEED FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN THAT

YEAR.

WITH THE COMMON AIM OF PRESERVING HONG KONG'S ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

IN THE MMO AFTER 1997, TEXTS OF DRAFT NOTES BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS

TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE BEEN PRPARED. MY

CHINESE COLLEAGUE WILL HAND OVER THE TEXT OF THE CHINESE DRAFT

NOTE WHEN HE CALLS ON YOU LATER TODAY (HAND OVER UK DRAFT).

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