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ΤΟ FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
20 AUGUST 1969
ADDRESSED FCO AS MYTEL. 659 OF 20TH AUGUST RFI OTTAWA.
NEUTRAL
MY TELEGRAM 655.
CANADIAN TEXTILES.
80) MY
TELEGRAM NO. 66% GIVES THE TEXT OF A PREPARED CANADIAN STATEMENT
MADE AT THE RESUMED MEETING ON 19TH AUGUST, AND THE TEXT OF THE
HONG KONG DELEGATION LEADER'S REPORT ON THE REMAINDER OF THE
PROCEEDINGS,
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 661 CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE RECORD OF THE
IT WILL PROCEEDINGS AT THE T.A.B. MEETING ALSO ON 19TH AUGUST.
BE CLEAR TO YOU FROM THIS RECORD THAT, AS I HAVE WARNED, WE ARE
IN FOR A SERIOUS LOCAL POLITICAL CRISIS UNLESS THE SITUATION IS
SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.
3.
WHILE
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON 19 AUGUST ALSO
ASKED ME TO CONVEY TO YOU THEIR GRAVE CONCERN TO LEARN THAT
HONG KONG'S TRADE HAD BEEN PUT IN IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE UNDERLYING CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION, THEY EXPRESSED
VERY STRONG VIEWS ON THE VITAL NEED FOR HONG KONG TO BE IN A POSITION
EFFECTIVELY TO DETERMINE ITS OWN TRADE POLICIES TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT SEMI COLON SUBJECT TO FULL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN US WHERE
THERE IS ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
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