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In our telegram 653, sent after I had left, we gave
As I said, we were never really given any reasons why Ambassadors should not present the memorandum. I admit that my point about the political dividend here doesn't come out very strongly in the telegrams but it is there and I have said it so often and to so many people that I assumed it would get its fair weight. After all, of these two aims - removing discrimination and being seen to do everything we can to remove discrimination - it is the attainment of only the second that's in our own hands.
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A.C. Stuart, Esq., C.P.M., c/o Government House, Hong Kong.
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(D.H. Jordan)