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CONFIDENTIAL HKC031/12 12.

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MDLOAN 0556

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FM FCO

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELNO 1939

OF 191525Z OCTOBER 90

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING

Q DIST?

26-30

YOUR TELNOS 2991-2995: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CUSTOMS

1 WE HAVE CONSULTED RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS ON THE DRAFT PAPERS CONTAINED IN TURS. WE HAVE ONLY ONE GENERAL COMMENT.

.

2.

WE THINK THAT THE PARAGRAPH IN EACH PAPER DEALING WITH THE

BENEFITS TO HONG KONG OF CONTINUED APPLICATION OF THE TREATIES IS A LITTLE CURSORY. IN PARTICULAR THE RELEVANT PARAGRAPH IN

TELNO 2993 SEEMS TO DO LITTLE MORE THAN PARAPHRASE WHAT THE CONVENTION AUTHORISES IN PRACTICAL TERMS RATHER THAN EXPLORE THE UNDERLYING BENEFITS IT IS INTENDED TO CONFER. YOU MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER SPELLING OUT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THE BENEFITS TO TRADE WHICH WOULD ACCRUE FROM THE EASING OF CUSTOMS RESTRICTIONS AND FORMALITIES. THE ADDITION OF A SENTENCE SIMILAR TO PARAGRAPH 4 OF YOUR TELNO 544 MIGHT BE SUITABLE.

3.

PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELNO 2991:

(A) YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MY TELNO 832 TO UKMIS NEW YORK AND UKREP BRUSSELS ASKING FOR COPIES OF THE DECLARATIONS. WHEN WE

RECEIVE THESE WE WILL FORWARD THEM TO YOU BY BAG.

(B)

NTD HAVE ADVISED THAT ALL THREE ANNEXES WERE EXTENDED

TO HONG KONG ON 8 JUNE 1961.

HURD

(C) NTD HAVE ADVISED THAT NO RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

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