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Draft passage for inclusion in a letter to the Governor of Hong Kong about the proposal for a Hong Kong Register of Shipping
Fenultimate paragraph? First sentence.
After "unsympathetic to what you have in mind" insert fullstop and the following:
"Cur joint aim is an arrangement which meets
your needs, but which does not get both of us
into unacceptable difficulties. If a separate
Hong Kong shipping register is possible on this
basis, we are certainly not opposed in principle.
But you will wish to consider all the implications
in the light of our discussions. For our part we must remember that the transfer of the register
would not divest us of the responsibility for
Hong Kong's marine policy in international circles.
he would also have to
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