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FM UKMIS NEW YORK

TELNO 2032

TO PRIORITY FCO

OF 2018OOZ NOVEMBER 90 INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

(57)

HKC031/12

IN..

RECE

27 NOV 1990

TOP COPY Q DIST?

Telart

112317

MDLIAN 8526

21/11

p.a.

Cs.

YOUR TELNO 2171 : IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES : CUSTOMS

SUMMARY

1. CLARIFICATION NEEDED AS TO HONG KONG'S REQUIREMENTS. AGREE THAT PROCEDURES NEED TO BE STREAMLINED.

DETAIL

2. IT IS NOT CLEAR FROM YOUR TUR OR HONG KONG'S TELNO 3370, EXACTLY WHICH INSTRUMENTS THEY ARE NOW SEEKING. REFERENCES TO ''ITEMS 3.6, 3.7 ETC'' MEAN NOTHING TO US SINCE THEY REFER TO DOCUMENTS WHICH WE

DO NOT HAVE.

3. WE HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS THE INSTRUMENTS REFERRED TO IN YOUR TELNOS 832 AND 935. IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT AT THE MOMENT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

4. WE VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTION IN THE LETTER OF 1314)

NOVEMBER FROM SAINTY TO IRELAND THAT HONG KONG SHOULD PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. THE UN TREATY SECTION ARE AS HELPFUL AS THEY CAN BE. BUT THEY HAVE AN ENORMOUS BACKLOG OF WORK AND PROVIDING COPIES OF DOCUMENTS IN SMALL BATCHES IS INEFFICIENT AND ADDS A FURTHER BURDEN. THE DOCUMENTS ARE HELD IN THE ARCHIVES WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE SUBURBS OF NEW YORK. MERELY FINDING THE DOCUMENT TAKES TIME. WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH UN TREATY SECTION,

AND DO NOT WISH TO STRAIN THEM.

5. WE HAVE QUERIED WITH HONG KONG (LETTER OF 14 NOVEMBER FROM AUST TO IRELAND) WHETHER HONG KONG REALLY NEEDS COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION, SINCE ALL THE RELEVANT INFORMATION IS ALREADY TO BE FOUND IN AN ANNUAL UN PUBLICATION. GRATEFUL IF THIS COULD BE LOOKED INTO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HANNAY

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