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REGISTRY Action Taken

Mr Tebbit, ERD

FICE (19)

CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: P F Ricketts

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 4 June 1993

CC: Mrs Macready,

International Criminal

Policy Division, Home

Office

Mr Mash, Int. -

Criminal Div. HMCE

Mr Gladwell, Lord

Chancellor's Department

Miss Brooks

Mr Riordan, SCD

AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE UK AND HONG KONG AFTER 1997

1. Hong Kong will, on 1 July 1997, cease to be a dependent

territory of the United Kingdom and will become a Special

Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.

The agreement relating to the transfer of sovereignty, the

Joint Declaration, allows for the continuation of all the

international rights and obligations currently enjoyed by Hong

Kong, as agreed between the UK and PRC Governments. I enclose

a copy.

2. Hong Kong's international relations are the responsibility

of the United Kingdom and so Hong Kong has not entered into

CONFIDENTIAL