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consideration. I look forward to reading it when it is
ready.
I should like to say a special word of thanks for your
helpful attitude over the past veer towards the problema
experienced by our Kission in Woking, as well as those of
other British subjects in China. Chinese attempte to use
both the Mission and, in particular, r. Grey of Reuters as
hostages for the manner in which you conduct the government
esnéuet
of Hong Kong have been intolerable. I believe you have gone
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as far as you could to provide the conditione for an improve-
ment in the situation of both the Eission and Kr. Grey by
agreeing to let Sir D. Hopson tackle the Chinese about certain
problems arising from the confrontation and by your treatment
of communist prisoneze.
I think we both agree that despite
the recent Chinese attempt to use the presence of the Rission
in Peking to exert pressure on Hong Kong, this disadvantage
is outweighed by the benefit of our continuing to maintain a
direct line to the Chinese authorities in Peking. On balanes
it is our view that we should continue to maintain our Mission
there, though we may wish to consider changes in its size and
composition.
SWORET