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practice.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

V:

Analysis of the Joint Declaration

DSR 11C (Revised 5/87)

Top Secret

Secret

12.

Confidential

The Agreement consists of a Joint Declaration by

the two governments and three Annexes.

Restricted

Unclassified

PRIVACY MARKING

The Annexes have

Associated

the same status as the Joint Declaration. with the Agreement is a separate Exchange of Memoranda on the status after 1997 of Hong Kong British Dependent

Territories citizens.

In Confidence

13.

The Joint Declaration sets out the essentials of

It outlines what had been agreed by the two governments.

the policies of the Chinese Government towards Hong Kong after 1997, which are further elaborated in Annex I. Paragraph 7 stipulates that the two governments agree to implement the Joint Declaration and Annexes. effect of making them legally binding on both parties.

It has the

14. The detail of the Agreement is contained in the Annexes. The first Annex describes Chinese policies

towards Hong Kong after 1997.

(For convenience, Annex A

to this Memorandum contains a summary of the key points) The second Annex to the Joint Declaration describes the terms of reference of the Joint Liaison Group (see

paragraphs 18-23 below).

The third Annex is concerned

with the question of land leases, which are to be dealt

with through the work of the Land Commission (see

paragraphs 24 and 25 below).

The associated Exchange of

Memoranda is discussed in greater detail in the section