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CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN HONG KONG

It would not be easy, in any Dependent Territory, for a British Government to resist a genuine popular movement for constitutional

change. However, Hong Kong's special circumstances make very difficult any constitutional progress on the path customarily followed by Dependent Territories. The situation is well understood locally.

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