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M. P. V. Hannam, Esq.,
British Trade Commission
in Hong Kong,
P. 0. Box 528,
Hong Kong.
W. S. Carter
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
It is time I began to act on the New
Year Resolution I mentioned to you in my ..
letter of 10 December 1967, by beginning
the promised series of 1969 News Letters.
Whether or not we
But I have already begun to wonder if I shall
be able to maintain the frequency of fort-
nightly intervals between such letters:
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shall do my best to ensure that the intervals are cestamly no less.
2.
As good a starting point as any might be
the matter of the Cross Harbour Tunnel over
which, from the telegrams, you have obviously
been very active during the last 3 or 4 weeks.
I was glad to see that you had taken the
initiative of discussing this question with
the Governor, and you will of course be aware
that as a result, he sent us a telegram
urging that the matter should be re-considered
in the light, not only of our commercial
interest, but also of the political consequences
which might follow if the contract were
awarded to the French firm, and public opinion
drew the conclusion that a French credit
institution had more confidence in the future
of Hong Kong than ECGD. It will be no surprise
to you that other less disinterested parties (e.g. Montagu)
had been urging not only the FCO, but the
to The Sama Board of Trade could do exactly tit and the
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upshot was that yesterday Lord Shepherd sent
Lord Brown a letter, of which I enclose the
copy for your personal and confidential
/information.