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and that he has an open mind as to whether an office that has performed a useful function in Scandanavia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand should necessarily be tailor-made for Hong Kong
COMMENTS ON BRIEFS
Brief No Re
Hong Kong)
4 (pink) paragraph 3 (Chinese attitude to
would prefer the following wording:
I do not propose to go into details
or comment on press reports of what the Chinese leaders have said on this 'subject. But I can tell you that it is my personal assessment that the prospects for Hong
Kong have never been brighter'
Brief No. 12 (Visas for Japan)
If the Secretary of State speaks to Mr. Fukuda, as I hope he will, he should be ready for a reply to the effect that Japanese requirements for holders of British (Hong Kong) passports are more or less identical to United Kingdom requirements, and are administered with equal sympathy and
expedition.
This turns out to be more or less true.
I suggest the Secretary of State
should say in reply: