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Registry No. НКК 6/18
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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DRAFT LETTER
To:-
Confidential. XXXXXXX Juglassifiedy
W. Hughes, Esq.,
Board of Trade.
Type 1 +
From
Sir Leslie Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
Michael Wilford had a further meeting with
David Trench (who was back in London for a short time
last week before returning to Hong Kong) at which they
resumed discussion of the draft document which emerged
from our own meeting with Trench on 26 November about
the conduct of Hong Kong's commercial relations.
Notice of this occasion was somewhat short and we did
not feel justified in asking if you wished to attend
yourself or to send a representative. Moreover we
rather hoped that no matter of enough substance to
make is necessary would arise.
Trench was armed with the telegraphic comments of
his officials which, as I told you in my letter of
2 December, he had asked us to obtain. As a result
we now propose amendments to paragraphs 1, 3 and 4
of the original text, and the addition of a new
paragraph 8 (with consequent renumbering of the
remaining paragraphs).
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These amendments and
additions are reflected in the attached revised text
of our document (where they have been underlined).
The suggested amendment to paragraph 1 takes some
although not as much as Hong Kong would
like of the view that where there is a difference of
opinion between the Hong Kong Government and ourselves
how the Colony's best interests can best be served
Hong Kong's views should normally prevail. In the
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