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gift from Britain. At the end of the
discussion Mr Royle made it quite clear that
he could give no assurances whatsoever that
it would be possible to provide assistance
to Hong Kong in the way Tang had suggested.
He was however concerned about the alleged
promises of assistance to which Tang had
referred and he said that he would have the
matter looked into.
4. This was not the first we had heard of
these alleged promises and we had already
checked our records most carefully to see if
we could find anything to support Tang's
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story. I myself wrote to Arthur Galsworthy on
my return from Hong Kong last year. Laird
has been in touch with Cumming-Bruce (Mr Lee's
private secretary in 1966 and now Civil Adviser
to the General Officer Commanding in Northern
Ireland). We have once again been through
all the departmental papers having any
bearing on the matter. Nowhere have we been
able to find any suggestion of any commitment
to provide aid either as "compensation"
for agreement on the part of the Unofficial
Members to an increased defence
contribution or for any other purpose.
5.
Against that background therefore it
was with some considerable dismay that we
read Tang's letter to Mr Royle of 11 May, of
which a copy is attached and also your
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two let ers to me of the same date.
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