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HONG KONG TELNO 3842 OF 13.12.91: IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL
TREATIES: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE TODAY FAXED TO THE DEPARTMENT THE LAST TREATY PAPER IN THE CATEGORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, I.E. THE CONVENTION ON THIRD PARTY LIABILITY IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY (ITEM 18.4) AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS AGREED DURING EDWARDS' VISIT LAST WEEK, WE SHALL HAND THIS PAPER TO THE CHINESE SIDE ON 25 MARCH UNLESS WE HEAR
FROM YOU TO THE CONTRARY.
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ON ITEM 18.4, WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON THE UNITS OF ACCOUNT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1(B) OF OUR PAPER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE UNITS OF ACCOUNT MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS. WE HAVE HOWEVER BEEN
UNABLE TO LOCATE A TEXT OF THE 1982 PROTOCOL WHICH CARRIED OUT THIS AMENDMENT AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION, TOGETHER WITH A TREATY SERIES REFERENCE FOR THE PROTOCOL. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME CONSIDERATION MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN RECENTLY
TO INCREASING THE FINANCIAL LIMITS OF LIABILITY UNDER THE CONVENTION AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SHED LIGHT ON THIS.
3. GRATEFUL ALSO FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE OTHER FOUR PAPERS REFERRED TO IN TUR AND FAXED TO YOU ON 13 DEC 1991.
WE NEED TO PASS THESE PAPERS TO THE CHINESE SIDE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (AND IN ANY EVENT BEFORE JLG XXII) SO THAT WE CAN SAY AT JLG XXII THAT WE HAVE NOW HANDED OVER ALL PAPERS RELATING TO THE MULTILATERAL TREATIES WE WISH TO DISCUSS IN 1992.
WILSON
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