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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

4 May 1990

From the Secretary of State

Sir,

HKC 193/2

RECE

DESL

11 MAY 1990

I have the honour to refer to the provisions of the International Telecommunication Convention dealing

with special arrangements (as currently contained in

Article 31 of the text of the Convention established

in Nairobi in 1982, or as may be contained in any

subsequent text of the Convention which may be applied

to Hong Kong), and to the proposal of the Hong Kong Government to enter into negotiations with the

telecommunications administration of other territories

with a view to concluding, in accordance with those

provisions, special arrangements which do not concern

Members in general, in particular in the field of

International Value Added Network Services. The

United Kingdom Government hereby formally entrusts.

you with authority to conduct external relations on behalf of Hong Kong as follows, namely to negotiate, conclude and implement special arrangements on behalf

of Hong Kong, for the establishment, operation and use of special telecommunications networks, systems and

services, in accordance with those provisions, with

states and telecommunications administrations.

I am,

Sir

Yours faithfully

Doyler Hund

(DOUGLAS HURD)

Sir David Wilson KCMG