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OUR TELNOS 680 AND 681 AND PEKING TELNO 289 TO YOU: BASIC LAW: FURTHER ACTION: ARTICLE 24(4)

1. THE DRAFT DEFENSIVE MATERIAL ON THE QUESTION OF THE RIGHT OF ABODE OF VBPS IS BEING FAXED TO YOU. THE MATERIAL IS PREPARED WITH THIS SPECIFIC DEMARCHE ON ART 24(4) IN MIND. DETAILED TECHNICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE GENERAL QUESTION OF VRS AND VBPS WERE DEALT WITH IN THE PAPER HANDED OVER BY MARTIN TO ZHENG WEIRONG ON 8 MARCH 1989, AND IN DISCUSSION AT JLG XII (PEKING TELNO 460-2 TO YOU IN 1989 REFER).

2. IN THIRD TUR, PEKING SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD BROACH THE ISSUE OF RIGHT OF ABODE OF VIETNAMESE HEAD ON BY INCLUDING IT IN THE SPEAKING NOTE. ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU AGREE WITH THIS SUGGESTION WE SHALL DRAFT ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPHS FOR THE SPEAKING NOTE ALONG THE LINES OF A1.

3. WE SHALL FAX TO PEKING A CHINESE TRANSLATION OF THE FINAL TEXT OF THE SPEAKING NOTE ONCE IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

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