TNAG-2302-FCO40-3331-Hong-Kong-International-Rights-and-Obligations-(IRO)-Sub-Gro-1991 — Page 14

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELNO 3043

OF 30085OZ SEPTEMBER 91

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 1701: IRO SUB-GROUP:

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WE HAVE PREPARED IN MIFT A DRAFT REVISED PAPER ON POSTAL TREATIES. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE (TEXT IN OUR TELNO 2398) IN THREE MAIN AREAS:

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(A) WE AGREE WITH YOUR TUR THAT WE SHOULD INFORM THE CHINESE

THAT THE CASH ON DELIVERY AGREEMENT APPLIES TO HK BUT THAT WE ARE CONTENT THAT IT SHOULD LAPSE IN 1997. ON REFLECTION, HOWEVER, WE THINK WE SHOULD EXPLAIN THIS ORALLY, TOGETHER WITH OUR DELETION OF THE GIRO AGREEMENT, WHEN THE PAPER IS HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE SIDE AND IN THE SPEAKING NOTE FOR THE IRO SUB-GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS THE POSTAL TREATIES. REFERENCES TO THESE TREATIES IN THE FORMER CONSULTATION PAPER HAVE THEREFORE BEEN OMITTED:

(B)

REFERENCES TO THE MOST RECENTLY REVISED 1989 WASHINGTON VERSIONS OF THE FOUR POSTAL TREATIES ARE INCLUDED:

AND

(C)

THE STANDARD LONG PROPOSAL PARAGRAPH IS USED AS WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER THE PRC HAS BECOME A PARTY TO ALL FOUR POSTAL TREATIES. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SHED LIGHT ON THIS.

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WE HOPE TO HAND OVER THE PAPER A.S.A.P. AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY COMMENTS.

WILSON

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