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Sir L-Monson--
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1. I have now received the letter the Governor promised to
send on the understanding he had reached with the Secretary
of State about aid.
2.
draft.
I propose to reply to the Governor as in the attached
E O Laird
Hong Kong Department
1 March 1972
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Mr Wilford
While I
Sir Leslie Monson has discussed this submission with me. entirely take your point that we should not appear to be too discouraging to the Governor, I think that we ought to put him in the picture as fully as possible.
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I assume that you will be making this at the FCO Aid Committee meeting tomorrow. Perhaps thereafter we could concert a revised final paragraph to the draft letter.
2 March 1972
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