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Hroke to the Wiliam, MAFF

Miss Abbott-Watt

MAED

Reference.

142

ratified

1.

INTERNATIONAL

CONVENTION

FOR THE

OF WHALING : APPLICATION TO

REGULATION

HONG KONG.

We spoke. The Convention is silent as

to its tentorial application. Ir

Wing

signed and behalf of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland with

40

of dependent temitones.

no mention

It appears to be a

convention intended to be of worked-wide application and is arguably connected with matters of international morality.

Сам

be

in

2. In these circumstances I think it concluded that it ratification by the UK was intended to extend to Hong Kong accordance with British practice and (probally) to general rule of international bour that in

of silence ratification

such caser

all the components of a

мка

15312

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 1 SEP 1988

CODE 18-78

AWO Ltd. 7/84

DESK OF.

INDEX

is

1

behalf of

complex

state.

Glob

Legal Advices

3118.