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CONFIDENTIAL
(121)
Mr Sloman
DEFENCE AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE
1.
In general, the transcript has come out quite well I think despite the delicacy of some of the issues raised. I have the following comments.
Page 38, line 5
To make the meaning entirely clear there should, I think, be a footnote to the figures "£200 million or £300 million".
read as follows:
"i.e.
+
This should
£300 million annual surplus of invisibles less a visible trade deficit with Hong Kong of £72 million in 1974."
Page 38, line 10
I think everything after "the case." and down to "generally known." should be sidelined. I hope the Committee would accept the change of "£100 million" to "£180 million". This was a lapse of memory on my part.
Page 38, line 28
The word "no" should be"so".
Page 39, lines 8 and 9
This line should read:
"the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations to the Chairman of the Special Committee on Decolonisation of the General Assembly, and the relevant"
Page 39, line 12
This should read:
"of unequal treaties left over by history, treaties which the imperialists imposed on China.
Page 39, line 13
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"territories" should read "territory".
Page 39, line 15
"to China" should read "China's".
Page 39, line 16
a sentence here.)
There should be some dots after "territories".
(We left out
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