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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1062
OF 051115Z JUNE 91
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1542 AND MY TELNO 1052: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION
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OUR LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE, IN THE TIME AVAILABLE, TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM (MY TELNO 885) OF WHETHER THE UK RATIFICATION OF THE 1946 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE REGULATION OF WHALING COVERS HONG KONG (THIS WILL INVOLVE FURTHER RESEARCH INTO UK TREATY PRACTICE AT THE TIME). THEY HAVE, HOWEVER EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THAT HONG KONG IS COVERED.
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ON THIS BASIS WE HAVE PREPARED A REDRAFT OF YOUR PAPER (YOUR TELNO 1311) WHICH IS CONTAINED IN MIFT. YOU MAY WISH TO HAND THIS OVER NOW DESPITE THE UNCERTAINTY REFERRED TO ABOVE: IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT WE SHOULD CONCLUDE THAT THE TREATY DOES NOT APPLY TO HONG KONG WE COULD AT A FUTURE DATE EXPLAIN THIS ERROR TO THE CHINESE. WE LEAVE THIS DECISION TO YOU.
3. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT CHINA BECAME A PARTY TO THE CONVENTION ON 24 SEPTEMBER 1980. THEY SENT A THREE MEMBER DELEGATION TO THE IWC MEETING IN REYKJAVIK LAST WEEK WHICH ABSTAINED ON ALL THE MAJOR VOTES.
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