TNAG-1758-FCO40-2502-Future-of-Hong-Kong-implementation-of-the-Sino-British-Joint-1988 — Page 5

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MKC 031/19

27 SEP 1988

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FM FCO

TO DESKBY 27010OZ HONG KONG

TELNO 2506

OF 2614OOZ SEPTEMBER 88

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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MY FIFTH IPT, YOUR TELNO 3581 AND PEKING TELNO 1583: YOUR ADDRESS TO LEGCO: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION

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WE ARE GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR,

SUBJECT TO COMMENTS (B) AND (C) IN THIRD TUR. BUT THE LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JLG IN PARA 175 STRIKES US AS A BIT MEAGRE. IN ADDITION TO REMOVING THE SQUARE-BRACKETTED REFERENCE TO BRUNEI YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ADDING SOME MENTION OF DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER, EXTRADITION AND LOCALISATION OF LAWS.

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