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Hong Kong Department
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
LONDON SW1
Sir Hugh Norman-Walker KCMG OBE Colonial Secretary HONG KONG
18 February 1972
he agreed last week that it would be best not to print David Trench's valedictory despatch. This is just to say Lat in the circumstances we do not propose to send you a formal
espatch in reply. We shall of course be considering Hong Kong's trading position later this year when we get down to detailed consideration of the various problems arising from the Un'a entry into the European Communities.
E O Laird
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