CONFIDENTIAL
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Sunley House, 90-93 High Holborn, LONDON, WC1V 6LP
Telephone: 01-405 6911 Ext 461
29 July 1974
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A C Stuart Esq
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept. Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street
LONDON SW1
Dear Stuart,
HONG KONG SHIPPING REGISTER
I am afraid it has taken much longer than we would have wished to co-ordinate a draft reply to Jones's letter of 11 June to you about the Hong Kong Register, which was the subject of discussion a few days later between the Governor and Jon Archer. I now enclose a draft which might form the basis of your reply. I enclose two copies of the documents for enclosure with your letter.
of the
I also enclose copy of the Telex report in the Hong Kong Standard, to which I refer in the final paragraph of the draft. I also enclose a copy of that document to Pentreath in our Information Department who would no doubt liaise with yours should the need arise to refute any distorted reports in the UK press.
Yours
ever,
Shephen
S N BURBRIDGE
Burbridge
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