NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN
CONFIDENTI AL
(1)
Suggested amendments to WGE (70) 37
Para. 4, third line "an area of some three
hundred and sixty-five square miles";
(ii) Para. 4, line 5 "a substantial part of
Hong Kong's manufacturing industry...";
(iii) para. 4 line 10 "......China finds it
convenient and economically profitable
(a substantial part
between a third and
a half of China's foreign exchange
earnings......";
(iv)
para. 5 third line "rising expectations
(v)
(more than 50% of Hong Kong's population
under
are er 21 years of age)......";
para. 8, line three insert after "New
of
Zealand" "and/which some 50% are or can
claim to be citizens of the U.K. and
Colonies":
(vi)
para. 18, top line of page 8 to read
we are advised that it is possible !
that we may not legally be able to
retaliate on her behalf". (I understand
that legal views on this point are still
undecided);
(vii) you were going to look at the wording
of the reference to our UNCTAD offer at
the end of para. 20;
(viii) we suggest deleting the last sentence
but two of para. 24: except in conditions
under which Hong Kong declared U.D.I.
this would be impossible.
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