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their women and children at once.
7. On Hong Kong, Monsieur Paye did not repeat the
pessimistio views he had expressed to Sir Patrick Reilly
but admitted that he was not up-to-date on the situation
there and would be interested in anything I could tell him
about it. Fortunately, Hong Kong telegram No. 1421 (attached)
had just arrived in Paris before I left the Embassy to call
on Monsieur Paye. I drew on this to explain to Monsieur
Paye that the situation had bean stabilised during the past
few weeks and that there were sound reasons to believe that
the Hong Kong Government would continue to be successful in
maintaining their authority in the Colony. He did not dispute
(Incidentally, having discussed this question in the
Embassy at Paris, I think it would be useful if the Common-
wealth office could prepare a guidance telegram on the
economic state of Hong Kong after four months of disturbances,
emphasising with figures comparing the present situation
with that last year how the Colony's economy was developing
space in spite of the troubles. I will discuss this with
Mr. Carter.)
this.
8.
Monsieur Paye then spoke about internal developments
in China. His interpretation was not markedly different from
ours. He considered that a significant development had been
the recent divisions appearing in the cultural revolution
leadership in Peking out of which seemed to be emerging a
more moderate and pragmatic element led by Chou En-lai and
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