Mr. Maitland
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Hong Kong:
Long-Term Study
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I attach a copy of an interdepartmentally agreed
study on future policy in regard to Hong Kong (OPDO (DR)(69)1
Revise), prepared under the aegis of the Cabinet Office.
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We have been invited by the Cabinet Office to
present the study to the Ministerial Committee on Hong Kong.
I accordingly seek authority to do this under cover of the
attached historical note which will bear the Secretary of
State's name as Chairman of that Committee.
The Ministerial
Committee on Hong Kong was set up in 1967 to "keep the present
situation in Hong Kong under review and report to the Cabinet
as necessary". The Secretary of State has succeeded the
Commonwealth Secretary as Chairman; the other members are the
Secretary of State for Defence, the President of the Board of
Trade, the Lord Privy Seal, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
and the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(Lord Shepherd).
3.
Subject to the Secretary of State's agreement, the
Cabinet Office proposes to arrange an early meeting of the
Committee after Easter. Talking notes and a brief are in
course of preparation, following guidance from the Planning
Committee.
Copies to: Sir D. Greenhill
Sir A. Galsworthy
Sir J. Johnston
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(J. O. Moreton) 21 March 1969.
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