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CONFIDENT IAL
DRAFT Despatch
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To:-
From
His Excellency,
Sir David Trench, GCMG MC
Telephone No. & Ext.
Government House,
HONG KONG.
Sir,
Department
I have the honour to refer to your Despatch
No. 617 of 24 May, 1969 in which you review the
principal developments that have taken place in
Hong Kong during the past year.
12.
In paragraph 14 of your Despatch you comment
on the general political situation, and I am in
Concur
greement with your assessment of the
gent
motives of the Communists!
methods
They
The latter may have
changed their testies and their weapons but their
ultimate objective of undermining the authority
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of the Government remains unaltered. It is for
this reason, amongst others, that I am particularly
anxious that there should be a satisfactory out-
come to the review of the organisation, structure
and functions of local Government on which you
are at present engaged. I regard the provision
of means whereby the people of Hong Kong can take
a greater interest in and play a larger part in
the conduct of their own spheres, as an important
feature of any measures for combating Communist
subversion
4. It is indeed remarkable that inspite of the
versures to which the Colony has been subjected it's Communist interference the economic advance of
Towo years after Continued at so high a vatan
great. Hong Kong, should have be
The Gelony
ooth set of
has emerged from the confrontation
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In
The Colony is 1967/stronger
than ever. In such circumstances, even with the
remarkable development described in your report, increased pressure on your social services is.
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