EN CLAIR
HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. BIS 12
7 JUNE, 1969
UNCLASSIFIED
FOR C
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BIS12 REQUOTE AND THEREFORE WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE AYE SERIES
OF PRIORITIES TAKING NEEDS
AND CAPABILITIES INTO ACCOUNT STOP HONGKONG IS FAR BETTER
CAPABLE OF LOOKINGG AFTER ITSELF THAN MANY OF THESE OTHER
TERRITORIES AND THEREFORE EYE HAVE HAD TO SAY THAT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
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IS NOT REPEAT NOT NOW POSSIBLE CERTAINLY NOT AT THE PRESENT
TIME REQUOTE BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS AND MEANS IN WHICH THIS
CAN BE ACHIEVED COMMA AND THESE ARE IN FACT NOW BEING CONSIDERED
WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG UNQUOTE PARA AS REGARDS
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OMBUDSMAN BEING
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 -9 JUN 1969
HICK 1/19.
APPOINTED IN HONGKONG THE MINISTER OF STATE SAID QUOTE EYE
AM ALWAYS KEEN THAT IF THERE ARE GRIEVANCES BY PEOPLE TO AYE
GOVERNMENT COMMA NO MATTER HOW DEMOCRATIC OR HOW STRUCTURED
COMMA SHALL WE SAY COMMA AS IT IS IN HONGKONG THERE SHOULD BE
CLEAR AVENUES BY WHICH THESE GRIEVANCES
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