Hore Kone/Canada
I understand that there lo likely to be a meeting this afternoon with the P.0.0, and it might help the discussion if I dealt with the points rado in Hong Kong tologram 638 of 13th August in the fora of a draft tulogrua in roply, this is attached,
2. One of our difficultles de tint the P.0.0. voro apparently unwilling in our vologram 913 to repeat what Sir Arthur Snelling cold at the zooting with Jordan on 13th June, that constitutionally Hong Kong had no authority to enter into negotiations and/or evsólude azzeckonto with third countāles except under Article 4 of the D.P.A,, where we had delegated authority to them to dot ca our behal£.
3.
Sher, is no dubt in this Division that the Hong Kong wuthorities have d-libo:atuly decoivod no in order to produce a zopovitium of vha. happened la the Swedloh e100. To had no doubt on that occasion 2 at Hong Kong know very well that pho wa undezedning our polition and I personally could not for one moment accept the statements muão in the first paragraph of the Jlong Rony tolopra : undoz refezoneo. The F.0.0. will have on record the atopa me took to zeotrain Hong Kong on that occasion. to shoulu to placa. in an intolerable poollion 12 sho vora now allowed so act in defiance of instruoviona.
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c.c. Mr. Tomo (Ci..)
. Whitehard' (wco)
Mr. W.S. Carbox
or an H. Stewart.
S. SALWART, Ind. 1 Div.,
14th August 1969.