CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2707
OF 160941Z NOVEMBER 92
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
054104
MDLIAN 5486
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IRO SUB-GROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC
1. WE ARE FAXING TO MARSHALL, HKD, THREE DRAFT DISCUSSION PAPERS UNDER COVER OF AN EXPLANATORY LETTER ON TREATIES IN THE POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC CATEGORY (ITEMS 15.7-5.10 AND 15.17-15.19). WE AIM TO HAND THEM OVER BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, IF ANY, BEFORE THEN.
2. THERE ARE 10 OTHER TREATIES (ITEMS 15.1, 15.2, 15.4, 15.6, 15.12-15.16 AND 15.20) IN THIS CATEGORY AS SHOWN IN THE LATEST
LIST OF MULTILATERAL TREATIES APPLYING TO HK HANDED OVER TO THE
CHINESE SIDE ON 8 JUNE 1992. WE HAVE CONSIDERED THESE TREATIES CAREFULLY BUT HAVE, WITH REGRET, COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE CANNOT REASONABLY PROPOSE TO THE CHINESE SIDE THAT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO APPLY TO HONG KONG AFTER 1997. WE THEREFORE PLAN TO
INFORM THE CHINESE SIDE THAT THESE TREATIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LAPSE. WE WOULD, HOWEVER, WELCOME ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
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LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BROOKS
MR HUM
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