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CONFIDENTIAL

The Concordance and the Compendium

The Concordance (3 x 5 cm folders)

The Concordance is a record of all future-related

exchanges between the British and Chinese teams during the

negotiation period between September 1982 and September

1984. It comprises 3 sections:

i)

ii)

iii)

a record of exchanges in plenary sessions

and of the Minister's meeting with Chinese

leaders;

a record of informal exchanges in the

margins of the talks; and

the

a record of exchanges in the working and ad hoc groups set up by the two sides during

negotiation. The Concordance takes the

of chapters each dealing

These chapters are:

form of a number

with a major topic.

Legal System

Financial System

External Economic Relation

Monetary System

Economic System

Culture and Education

1

1

I

Rights of Individuals

Land Tenure in the New Territories

Defence Security and Public Service

Constitutional

Arrangements

government structure

Shipping

Civil Aviation

Nationality

and