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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1269
OF 09160OZ JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
Por 10/7
YOUR TELNO 2129: IRO SUBGROUP: MULTI-LATERAL TREATIES: TRADE (GENERAL)
1. WE ARE FAXING TO IRELAND CAB THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN LONDON (NOTE DATED 22 SEPTEMBER 1988) AND THE FCO (NOTE DATED 26 OCTOBER 1988) WHICH GIVE DETAILS OF THE 1988 AMENDMENT AND CONSTITUTE UK ACCEPTANCE OF IT. AS YOU WILL SEE, THERE IS NO SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE AMENDMENT COVERING HONG KONG. AS IN THE CASE OF WHALING (MY TELNO 1062), LEGAL ADVISERS WILL NEED TO LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND. BUT IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT, IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY INDICATION TO THE CONTRARY, HONG KONG IS COVERED BY THE AMENDMENT. WE ARE THEREFORE CONTENT FOR YOU TO PUT THE REMAINING PAPER TO THE CHINESE.
2. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 1 AND 2 OF TUR.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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DISTRIBUTION
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Note for the file
Mr James, Into D, has looked again at the papers. He believes that, since the original
PS/LORD CAITHNESS includer
accetton
HK,
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD we can conclude
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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