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interests abroad, even when these are in conflict
with those of HMG. This burden has to be carried
against the resistance of some senior officials in Hong Kong; and we believe that the interaction of these on a predominantly conservative Legislative and Executive Councils has been a significant
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third in its There are many, of course, who do not fit into this category (particularly in the upper middle ranks of the Hong Kong Government service, both expatriate and Chinese); but anti-Whitehall and anti-British feeling generally is sufficiently widespread among Officials and Unofficials alike for it to be remarked upon by influential visitors to the Colony.
26. The adoption of the policy recommended in this paper will still allow the Hong Kong Government to continue to represent the interests of the territory in matters where these differ from those of the
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