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Registry No. HKK 6/18 DEPARTMENT Hong Kong
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Draft Telegram to:-
Governor
No.
Hong Kong 59 (Date) 27. November
And to:-
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Addressed to
GOVERNOR,
HONG
KONG
telegram ..............
(date)
And to
repeated for information to
Repeat to:-
Saving to:--
Distribution:-
Saving to
For Norman-Walker from Carter.
Conduct of Commercial Relations.
Sir David Trench would like your views on the
draft statement (text in MIFT) which has emerged from
discussions here and has been provisionally accepted
at official level by Departments including BOT and Min.
Tech. It would be helpful to have these not later than
8 December when Sir David returns to London. He hopes
that mere textual amendments as opposed to matters of
substance can be avoided.
2.
Statement originally contained an additional
paragraph as follows:
When HMG either
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Copies to:
Hong Kong
Government Off.
Sir Leslie Monson
11352 Mr. Wilford
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Mr. Whitehead
(a)
determines that Hong Kong's views and
interests must be over-ridden in favour
of a superior UK interest, or
(b)
is unable, for reasons of UK policy,
adequately to defend Hong Kong against
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