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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
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"Peking No.226
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My telegram No.612.-39
Peking Statement.
There is good evidence that statement referred to in paragraph 1 of my telegram had a beneficial effect on confidence and was widely welcomed.
20 Further to remark in parenthesis in my paragraph 2, we have been trying over the past few days to stimulate local neutral and non-left-wing organisations and personalities in all walks of life into coming out with public expressions of a desire for peace and stability in Hong Kong, and similar indications of lack of support for present left-wing agitation. I feel sure that if we can stimulate enough of this kind of public comment it could become one of the more effective real deterrents available to left-wing demands being pressed to the limit.
30 As you know, it is not at all easy to get people here to do this sort of thing, but we are so far having an encouraging amount of success. If there are any Hong Kong Chinese groups in England who could be stimulated into the same sort of thing, it would be possibly helpful. might have some ideas.
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