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8.
Where I seek your support and what I ask of my
colleagues, is that in all matters of these kinds
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relating to Hong Kong the Department directly concerned
should remember that HMG as a whole have a responsi-
bility towards the Colony and that we must try to
reach agreement on courses which across the whole
field of our work seek to balance the United Kingdom
and the Hong Kong interest. We shall shortly be
meeting to discuss the issue raised in paragraph 4
above where I hope that some way of helping the
Governor presentationally may be found. [A reference
to sterling agreements if this has gone all right.]
The other issue which should help the Governor at
limited cost to the taxpayer but at some to BOAC's
profits would be to settle the civil aviation dispute
in favour of SAS. Finally we must not forget that in
the next couple of months the Hong Kong Government
will bring to a close their studies on a Mass Transit
scheme and we hope that the contract may be won by a
thing British consortium. But if it is a close run/we cannot
expect them to show us favours if we appear to have
trampled regularly on their interest.
Nor incidentally
do I think this is a matter on which we can give them
orders.
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