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contemplated, including secondments of staff,
would be justified by the results. It would
also be helpful to have an estimate of the
timing of the legislative and other moves so we
can consider when we should send our people to
Hong Kong; this has yet to be discussed with
our Staff Side.
7.
We should also like your detailed comments
on access to the Hong Kong register in pursuance
of item (6) of my telegram of 21 June. It has
been suggested by representatives of our
shipowners that they should be able to register
their ships in Hong Kong and have the benefit
of the new arrangements but I am very doubtful
about this.
8. I hope we can soon reach final agreement
on this basis.