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It is important that the carrying out of
the policies and programmes outlined in this paper
should not be a cause of resentment in Hong Kong.
If this is to be avoided, it is essential that they
should be presented to the people of Hong Kong
as the policies and programmes of the Hong Kong Govern-
ment. There must be no suggestion that they have
been imposed by HMG; such a belief would arouse
hostility to the programmes and to Britain, of a kind
which would be corrosive of the Colonial link which
is essential to Hong Kong existence. Indeed, some
visitors to the Colony have remarked there is a degree
of anti-British sentiment there (even though much
of this may be by way of reaction to criticism of
Hong Kong by back-benchers or the British press).
Efforts should be made to counter this by an
intensification of the active information policy
already conducted by the Senior British Trade Commissioner.
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