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...In Confidence
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
D.I. Dunnett, Esq., CMG OBE
Board of Trade,
1 Victoria Street,
S.W.1.
Type 1 +
From
Mr Kinnear
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG
Copy to:
A.T.Gregory,Esq
Mintech
M.E. Heath, Esq.
Commodities Department
The points raised in your letter of 25 August
the Mark Heath's rooms were discussed at the meeting/on 2 September
Your wish to be consulted in the event
2.
that Hong Kong intended to negotiate restraint
arrangements outside the textile field is covered
in paragraph 9 of the draft despatch to the Governor.
To ensure that prior information of any intended
negotiations is received from Hong Kong, this
paragraph has been strengthened and I enclose the
consideration revised draft despatch for your perusat.
3. As is stated in the last paragraph of the
draft despatch, the change in Hong Kong's position
will come into effect without publicity. It is
not intended that any public announcement should
I will admoor cestarily wish to be made and, although the Governor may have to
This tell his Textile Advisory Council and the Legislative“
Council the gist of the delegation of authority, we
will ask him to treat the despatch in strict
confidence.
4.
Incentive
Although the Governor's suggested amendment
to paragraph 9 of the draft despatch adding the words
"in a form of words agreed with the Governor" would
not preclude Whitehall Departments from putting
matters to Ministers as they see them, we decided
not to recommend acceptance of
/seems
agreed
at the meeting not to aecept/this amendment. It