DES
香港總督府
REG
8 JUN 976
Des Hugh.
2101026/5103
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
HONG KONG
101
13th May 1976 Mr of Keefe ke
We spoke
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I have just seen a copy of the record
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of my talk with the Secretary of State at Kai Tak on 3rd May. I know how difficult these records are, but I am worried about the passage in paragraph 2 on page following your short intervention. think it should read: Sir M. MacLehose said that Mr. Murray had told him in December that it would be a great help if there could be an independent trades unionist on Legislative Council, and that such contacts as there had been since seemed to confirm that this was the principal TUC objective. In answer to a question Mr. Crosland confirmed that it was the TUC he was most concerned to satisfy. Sir M. MacLehose then explained how complex it was
he would do his
best. But he emphasised that there would be a considerable price to pay in local terms for such a move and he would therefore have to consider his
But he was not
X personal position very carefully. In response
to a question sanguine.
In answer to a question Mr. Crosland confirmed that if it proved possible to appoint an independent trades unionist he realised that no further representation of this sort would be possible and he would be prepared to tell Mr. Murray that he must look to other fields for further progress on the labour front in Hong Kong.
This is in substitution for the last two sentences in that paragraph.]
The point is that I certainly do not wish to be on record as having committed myself to an independent trades union appointment. Secondly Mr. Crosland's commitment to try to hold the line if I were able to make such an appointment is important. Thirdly I certainly did not ask what the TUC's other priorities were, nor do I think Mr. Crosland said he would ask Len Murray about it before I returned. The reference to Len Murray was as in the revised record above.
H.A.H. Cortazzi Esq., CMG
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