CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
TELNO 68
OF 311015Z MARCH 92
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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043342 IDHOAN 2247
TOP Cho HOẢN
HKD 40671
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067
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YOUR FAX (JARVIS/MORRIS) OF 5 MARCH: PRIVATE TREATY GRANT:
COLVIN HOUSE SITE
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THE NEW WORDING ON ALLOCATION OF SPACE PROPOSED BY BUILDINGS AND LANDS SPELLED OUT IN YOUR FAX OFFERS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY BUT, IN OUR EYES, NOT ENOUGH.
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THE PROPOSED NEW FORM OF WORDS FOR THE LAST THREE LINES OF CLAUSE 11(C) WOULD ALLOW THE BRITISH COUNCIL TO OCCUPY AN AREA GREATER THAN 6,500 SQUARE METRES IF THIS WERE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTOR AT HIS DISCRETION. THIS ALLOCATION WOULD COME OUT OF THE TOTAL 19,000 SQUARE METRES ALLOCATED IN CLAUSE 7 TO THE BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL AND ITS ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND TO THE BRITISH COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THIS NEW WORDING STILL DOES NOT ENABLE ANY SPACE WHICH MIGHT BE SPARE WITHIN THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S 6,500 SQUARE METRE ALLOCATION TO BE ALLOCATED TO ANY OTHER BRITISH GOVERNMENT BODIES, EG THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD (BOTB) OR NORTHERN IRELAND DEVELOPMENT BOARD (NIDB). THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE MORE TO DO WITH CLAUSE 7 THAN CLAUSE 11(C). WHETHER OR NOT THE BOTB OR THE NIDB COULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE LAND SET ASIDE FOR THE BCG AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL DEPENDS UPON WHETHER THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT WOULD CONSIDER THAT THE ACCOMMODATION FOR SUCH BODIES AMOUNTS TO ''SUCH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONSULATE-GENERAL'' WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCH ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION IS TO BE DECIDED BY THE DIRECTOR AND HIS DECISION IS FINAL.
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CONSULAR FUNCTIONS INCLUDE FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SENDING AND RECEIVING STATES, AND ASCERTAINING BY ALL LAWFUL MEANS, CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL LIFE FOR THE RECEIVING STATE, REPORTING THEREON TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SENDING STATE, AND GIVING INFORMATION TO PERSONS INTERESTED (SEE THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON CONSULAR RELATIONS 1963, ARTICLE 5, PARAGRAPHS (B) AND (C)). IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT ANCILLARY
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