CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 102
RECEIVED IN REGIS.
- 8 FEB 1988
SK OFFICER
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDAITE FCO
TELNO 248
OF 05084OZ FEBRUARY 88
INDEX
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
7
13/14
22
046322
MDHIAN 6764
TOP COPY Q DICT ?
YOUR TELNOS 165 AND 320-1 TO HONG KONG : MIGA
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1 WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE SPEAKING NOTE PROPOSED
IN PARA 5 OF SECOND TUR, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:-
(A) FIRST TUR HAD ALREADY ASKED US TO DELETE SECOND SENTENCE AND
THIRD SENTENCE OF PARA 3 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE. WE THEREFORE ASSUME
THAT THE PROPOSED NEW WORDING SHOULD BEGIN AT THE END OF THE FIRST
SENTENCE AND THAT THE LAST SENTENCE (''WE WOULD.
ASAP '') SHOULD
BE DELETED. WE ALSO ASSUME THAT THE REMAINING AMENDMENTS PROPOSED
IN FIRST TUR WILL STAND (BUT SEE (B) BELOW).
. · · • ·
(B) REVISED ANSWER SIX IN THE DRAFT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (PARA 3 (V)
OF FIRST TUR) IS NOW INCONSISTENT WITH PARA 3 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE.
WE SUGGEST THAT ANSWER SIX MIGHT BE REDRAFTED AS FOLLOWS:-
''FOR WIDER CONSIDERATIONS NOT RELATED TO HONG KONG, THE UK WISHES TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH. AS INDICATED IN OUR SPEAKING NOTE, IF IT PROVES NOT TO BE POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE HONG KONG IN THE UK'S RATIFICATION, THE UK WILL RATIFY FIRST, EXCLUDING HONG KONG INITIALLY, THEN LIFT THE EXCLUSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. NATURALLY HOWEVER, WE
WOULD PREFER TO INCLUDE HONG KONG ΙΝ THE UK'S RATIFICATION AT THE
OUTSET''.
2. FIRST TUR AGREED THAT WE SHOULD HAND TO THE CHINESE COPIES OF THE
CONVENTION AND OPERATIONAL REGULATIONS OF MIGA. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED
THESE YET.
EVANS
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