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Record of a Meeting between the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and the Governor of Hong Kong in Government House at '10.00 a.m. on Sunday,¡9 April.
The Rt. Hon.
Present
Michael Stewart, M.P.
Sir Denis Greenhill
Mr. J. Wellbeloved, M.P.
Mr. James Murray
Mr. J.A.N. Graham
Miss E. Booker
Mr. N.J. Barrington
H.E. Sir David Trench Hater-General
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Sir Basil Eugster (Cdr. of
British Forces)
Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
(Colonial Secretary)
Mr..T.E.Roberts (Attorney-Gen.)
Mr.D.R.Holmes (Home Secretary for Home Affairs)
Sir John Cowperthwaite (Finance Secretary)
"Mr.C.PSutcliffe (Commissioner
of Police)
Mr. A. Todd (Defence Secretary)
GR.A.F.
Mr. A. Maddocks (Political
Adviser) Te
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The responsibility, as berween London and Hong Kong, for the
Commercial Negotiations
6. Sir David Trench said that people in Hong Kong,
including unofficial members of the Executive and
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Legislative Councils, were concerned about conducting of
commercial negotiations, for instance on textiles.
Sir John Cowperthwaite added that local businessmen
felt that they knew better than the Hong Kong Government,
and certainly better than London, what was in their
own interests.
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Mr. Stewart said that he appreciated this difficulty.
Under normal circumstances, Hong Kong would by now have
become an independent state. The British Government had
to act for the Hong Kong Government in international
negotiations and sometimes had to take decisions where
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the interests of the two Governments did not coincide.
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One, must bear in mind that the communication between
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