CONFIDENTIAL
Registry
No. HKK 13/23
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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DRAFT Despatch
Type 1 +
From
To:-
XXX.
His Excellency,
Confidential.
Sir David Trench, GCMG, MC,
Telephone No. & Ext.
Kixα.
KYMAI.
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...In Confidence
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Government House, Hong Kong.
Sir,
Department
I have the honour to refer to your Despatch No. 617
1
of 24 May, 1969 in which you review the principal deve-
lopments that have taken place in Hong Kong during the preceting
past year.
2.
In paragraph 14 of your Despatch you comment on the
general political situation. I concur in your assess-
ment of the motives of the Communists: they may have
changed their methods but their ultimate objective of
undermining the authority of the Government remains
unaltered. There is, as you say, need for constant
vigilance, against their activities, particularly in the
field of education And Communist propaganda will continue to be directed at
Laga in
doubtless, feed on deficiencies in the social
both real and alliged,
services/anda/other substantial problems which, as you
have rightly observed, need to be remedied and solved.
But I feel sure that continuation of the steady social
go a long way to drawing and economic progress which you report will help to draw
the teeth of the opposition.
last year.
3. I am also greatly encouraged by the immediate
success of the City District Officer Scheme launched
This should be of much assistance to your
Government in identifying at an early stage the situa-
tions and problems that can so quickly arouse public
feeling in heavily populated urban areas, as well as
providing a channel for sounding public opinion on
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