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CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER/063
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
9 SEPTEMBER 1968
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740
8.19
HW
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY.
YOUR LETTER OF 23RD AUGUST
588
HOPSON'S DESPATCH OF 29TH JULY.
MOST OF THE GROUND OF THIS DESPATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED IN
THE SERIES OF TELEGRAMS ON SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. I ACCEPT A
GOOD DEAL OF WHAT HOPSON SAYS ALTHOUGH FROM THE PURELY HONG KONG
ANGLE I WOULD OFTEN WISH TO VARY THE EMPHASIS AND TO DISPUTE
SOME AT LEAST OF HIS ASSESSMENTS.
2.
IN PARTICULAR, I THINK THE DESPATCH PAYS MUCH TOO LITTLE
REGARD TO THE CONCESSIONS HONG KONG HAS ALREADY MADE AND CONTINUES
TO MAKE FOR NO APPRECIABLE RETURN. WE HAVE RECENTLY SENT YOU A
PAPER ASSESSING THE CONCESSIONS ON BOTH SIDES BUT HERE I WOULD
ESPECIALLY EMPHASISE OUR RESTRAINT IN RELATION TO THE SEDITIOUS
PRESS AND TO COMMUNIST SCHOOLS,
3. I NATURALLY AGREE THAT WE SHOULD AIM TO AVOID FURTHER FRICTION
WHEREVER WE CAN BUT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF MAINTAINING LAW AND
ORDER CLASHES INEVITABLY CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND MILITANT COMMUNISTO
TO GET PRISON SENTENCES.
L.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63
10 SEP1968
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