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YOUR TELNO 572: IRO SUB-GROUP : MULTILATERAL TREATIES : CUSTOMS

1. THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO OUR SUGGESTED FORMAT OF PAPERS ON MULTILATERAL TREATIES. YOUR COMMENT IN PARA 2 OF TUR IS ACCEPTED.

2. PARA 3 OF TUR. WE KNEW NATIONALIST CHINA HAD SIGNED AND RATIFIED THE 1923 CONVENTION. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IS WHETHER THE PRC REGARDS ITSELF AS BOUND BY THE CONVENTION, IF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. PERHAPS CUSTOMS AND EXCISE MAY BE ABLE TO

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3. APART FROM THE TEXTS OF THE CONVENTIONS, GRATEFUL ALSO FOR A COPY OF UK'S INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION REFERRED TO IN PARA 1 OF OUR TELNO 544 AND FOR A COPY EACH OF UK'S NOTIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 AND PARA 4 RESPECTIVELY OF OUR TELNO 545.

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