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.March, 1969
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Department
CABINET
MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG
HONG KONG: LONG TERM STUDY
(Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs)
*
I am circulating herewith, for consideration at
a meeting of the Committee, a copy of an interdepart-
mental study by officials on future policy in regard
to Hong Kong.
2. An interim report (OPD(67)61) was prepared in
July 1967 on the prospects for withdrawal from Hong
Kong if it were suddenly forced upon us. Officials
were further instructed (OPD(67) 20th Meeting) to
examine policy towards our tenure of Hong Kong in the
long-term, on the basis that we could not rely on
remaining in Hong Kong on present terms until the lease
of the New Territories lapsed in 1997 and should
therefore consider what adaptations of its status might
be possible and desirable after the conclusion of the
present conflict in Viet-Nam.
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