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I understand that there is likely to be a meeting this afternoon with the P.0.9. and it might help the discussion if I dealt with the points cade in Hong Kong telegram 638 of 13th August in the forn of a draft tule ras in reply. this is attached.
to act on
2. One of our di:ficulties is tint the F... were apparently unwilling in our telege m 513 to repeat what Bir Arthur Snelling gald at the Louting with Jordan on 13th June, that constitutionally Hong Kong had no authority to enter into negotiations and/or far too for Cclude preements with third countries except under Article 4
of the 5.7.A., wire we had delegat d authority to the but propolom. I
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3. dkery is no doubt in this "ivision that the liong Kong Bor be preponed to:itios ▼
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vo delile. at by deceived us in order t r duce a to produce mousson of hot ba, pened in the Swedish case. Le had no doubt
on that poolsion t. at fong Leng knew very well that she s undermining our pouition anu i personally could not for one laging what unit accept the statements made in the first paragraph of the
song Yang tule rum under reference, The F.
a paper
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Ind be done sec in the steps we took to restrain long kone on that occasion.
te should Le placed in an intule able ¡ualtion if she were now allowed to act in de lance of instructiona.
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