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(iii) To consider how to secure the support and understanding of the
United States of the policies proposed, and to calculate the
advantages and disadvantages of doing this (paragraph 53).
If my colleagues agree I will now arrange for these studies to be set
in hand by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in consultation with the
other interested Departments, without prejudice to subsequent Ministerial
discussion of K(69)1, so that in the light of the reports which may be made,
the Committee will be better able to reach a view on the recommendations of
the paper.
These further studies would require the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office to consult the Governor of Hong Kong. This, however, could be done
without endangering the security precautions surrounding our examination of
the subject.
I hope that my colleagues will feel able to agree, without a meeting,
that these studies should be set in hand. I will act on the basis that
there is no objection unless I hear to the contrary by
M.S.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, S.W.1.
July, 1969.
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