Registry No.
Demi Official letter
HKK 18/12
DRAFT
Type 1 +
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
To:-
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
P. H. Johnston Esq.,
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
Ministry of Overseas Development,
Eland House,
London S.W.1.
From
Hr Carter
A Gaminara
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
(for other
reasons
ARGIN
them yours)
@ To femi for sign Olse. Am
727/11
Local Government Hong Kong.
Thank you for your letter LG 68/14 of
the 15 November on the above subject..
Mun
This is the first intimation that we in
the department have received that any such
report as this was in the offing. Our
Connil retaming the same area
of jurisdiction
andy
about-
The proposal to hand over
extremely delicate
responsibilities in the field of primary and secondary education
ne matter was confined to the
escribed in the first
the report.
Take in slip]
four
ng Kong have not as yet sought
he report, they will no doubt do
зe, and I should prefer to
(where the communiste are very gment that we may have until
active).
on
I suspect that
have
full reflection the Hong Kang Gort will tasase Similar reservations.
reached. However, the main
ing our examination of any
re-organising Local Government
e likely to be: -
reaction of the Chinese
imant. It can safely be
Peking would react very sharply
cheme which gave the slightest
mpression, true or false, of any
'ection of self-Government for
le extent of their sensitivity
.s illustrated by the fact that
to criticise even the use of
;ry", in relation to the Colony.
le in principle or otherwise
on these lines may be, it is
not "on", So far as Hong Kong /is oncerned.