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CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
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D. 12 July 1967 R. 12
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Your telegram No.1414.
Water Supplies.
As regards (a):-
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China supplied 16,800 million gallons during the nine months period from October 1966 to June 1967. This was in accordance with the agreement for supply of 15,000 million gallons and the supplementary arrangement of November 1966 for an additional 1,800 million gallons. completion of delivery on 25 June, water supplies ceased. (See my telegram No.912.)
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In accordance with the supplementary arrangement of November 1966, Hong Kong Government has asked for an additional 2,000 million gallons for July and for August. Despite several reminders, no reply has yet been received from China.
(See my telegram No.1009 about a possible approach through Peking,)
As regards (b):-
(a) With effect from 13 July general water supply is
restricted to four hours every fourth day. Industrial areas and standpipes will receive a four (?hour) daily supply wherever possible; resettlement areas with communal water supplies will receive a four hour supply on alternate days. The object is to have 9,500 million gallons in storage by 1 October which would enable us to maintain this ration throughout the dry winter season even if supply from China is not resumed on 1 October.
(b)
On completion of Plover Cove Hong Kong would with normal rainfall still require assistance from China to maintain a 24 hour supply throughout the year; but a limited daily supply could be maintained without water from China even in periods of drought.
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