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at I think we are satisfied about that side of the problem. We dont
olem the
regard this as the real problem the real problem is how to help and
support the authorities in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong people in
their resistance to what are really be activities of a very small minority of trouble makers but who have been using, of course, considerable
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intimidation and considerable violence.
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I want to come to that in a moment Secretary of State, but just to get back to my question, If the Chinese government did decide to march in
we aren't really in a position to be able to defend it are we
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Well we are satisfied with the contingency arrangement we've made for
whatever pressures are put upon Hong Kong
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Leaving aside any military action of the Chinese may or may not-take
it possible that they could apply some kid kind of sanction like cutting off the water supply and if they lid that what position would we
be in then?
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Well again we dont anticipate that this is likely to be a danger or
which are
because
a real danger of facing Hong Kong in a serious wrong term way Chinas has a tremendous mutual interest n its economic relations with
Hong Kong and in its trade with Hong Kong but if one takes it as a hypothetical contingency then on the side of the water supplies for instance
wkx crucial we are just in the process of opening a new resevoir which will really treble the water supply of ww Hong Kong and bring
to more than fifty thousand million gallons per year which is adquate to keep Hong Kong's supplied with water from its own resources. Again if food were to be cut off from the mainland it would present problems but they wouldn't be insuperable problems and our arrangements could be made but I emphasise that we dont really beleive that the Chinese who are realistic in these economic matters would feel that it was in their interest a to push it
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