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#1
Delete all after "Chinese ultimatum' in
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the penultimate sentence and substitute
ultimatum demanding that a ban on free
Communist newspapers be lifted. It is probable
that members of the British Mission in China
were held as hostages by the Chinese in order
to try to secure concessions on Hong Kong.
The Chinese might still hope that detention
of other British subjects will help to achieve
their objectives though in view of their
failure to use the Mission for this purpose
this may be largely to satsify their supporters
in Hong Kong.
Paragraph 36
Delete all after "Hong Kong Government"
in the ante penultimate sentence and substitute
"The present indications that the Cultural
Revolution is being wound up and the clear
evidence of the abandonment of a policy of
violence in Hong Kong suggest however that
the second group is in the ascendment at least
for the present. They would be disposed to
concentrate on longer term 'struggle' in order
to avoid disrupting the Colony to an extent
which would damage China's economic interests."
✓ Paragraph 39
We agreed that (iv) and (vii) should be
put at the top of the list. Sub paragraph
(a)(i) should read as follows
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in order to galvanize enthusiasm at home which
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