NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

Registry No. CR 4/2/44

DEPARTMENT

* Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should

reach addresscc(s)

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

PRIORITY MARKINGS

(Date)

Despatched

Top Secret Secret

Confidential

Restricted Unclassified

Emergency

Immediate

Priority Routine

En Clair.

Code Cypher

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Security classification

CONFIDENTIAL

Draft Telegram to:--

[Codeword-if any...

Addressed to The Governor, Hong Kong

telegram No....

..(date).....

No..

(Date)

And to:-

And to.

repeated for information to..

Saving to....

Repeat to:-

Saving to:-

Distribution:-

Copies to:-

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Your Saving Despatch No. 211 of 10 February

COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION

Delay in replying to your Saving despatch

is regretted. The Legal Adviser concerned found

the problem to be one of great complexity.

2.

After consultation with the Board of

Trade Legal Adviser he has given us the following

opinion:

(1) The papers sent with your despatch,

he says, show that the effect upon

the operations of Rediffusica

(Hong Kong) Ltd. was considered by

the Hong Kong Executive Council but

do not make it clear what is their

Ele actr

reason for wishing to deprive the

Company of its right. He suggests

that we should ask for clarification

of this.

(ii) The omission of Section 40(3) of the

1956 Act, coupled with the provision

of Section 4(2) of the draft

world an

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Ordinance puts an obstacle in the

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