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10. There are
other points of potential friction, The negotiation's for a Mass Transit scheme in Hong Kong are not going partially well for the British
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Strong bids from the Japanese and others are in the Sield 11 All these difficulties are pansing at about
Where I seek your support and what I ask of my
colleagues is that in all matters of these kinds
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 a course which, across the whole
field of our work seeks to balance the United Kingdo
and the Hong Kong interest, shall shortly be
the same time. Some of thems are inescapable, for example it was inevitable that Brittor UK concerns should overside Has Kony
interests in the recent case of the
reprieved murderes.
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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 agreement 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.
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
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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whole. But in other questions, butas (nationality law, and is traffic nights and perasps the Community's GSP I believe that Hay Kom interest could be enough to sway on own The question of shall shortly be meeting to dis ays the first of machin
of Hong Kong's partzel exclusion from the communing's sie aber needs turkeer these more delfiality lalanced issues.
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