2 CET
Br. Holland
Hon Kon
eld a meeting this
(38/5
The Forein Secretar
morning to discurs the itation in Hong Kong. Those resent included t e Commonwealth
(
Secret..ry, Mrs. Art and Sir Arthur Galsworthy; Mr. Rodgers, Sir Paul Core-booth,
Sir D. Greenhill, tr. de la fare and yourself; Sir D. white and other officials.
The Forein Secret ronened to mooting by asking what was the 1 of the Chinese in Hong Kong. was "ekin, wir sting the disturbances?
as Ckin, even involved? • Co nonwa.1th Secretard that the loc 1 communists were directly respon: itle for the isturb ncer in How Fong and the recent frontier incient. It seemed likely that wile 'ckin was iving full monal support to the Hon. Kon; com unists the_rojiva them un u nductin Operation of their own). The C onealth Secretory went on to anlyse in dotil ta on ti n of the
in on.
com unists in 5
+
The to her "casures
The
not in Lakin by the feng von
Yonditncities hd raised the morul of th ople in the Colony and seriously we kend that of the co unists. water siti ci di Wan WOLging bit contingency plans ere teine. even if China did not turn on the tan un october, we could ge until next ye r h the Plover Cove schume woul be in o ration. Mir Dick hile agreed generally ith the Com-nwealth @cretary. "e thou, it that "ekun of Gt dľa in the long-term buil-up of a muse revorubio...ry ovement in Hong on. The Wale not pre ring for direct interv tion.
tion. Put in cer Ain circumsta ces they mi ht b bregred to interv ne. Peking's ultimate Lim was to cr te. Malo-type rituation in on Font irs, Fart Oted ut that if they could not control vote in Man, Kong, the any Kong, the Peking Government ma t et out on a lib.
One of
pres nt disturbances
/in ong Kong
22