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DEFENCE DEPT W64
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Mr Stewart Jales 3/9
Mr Wilberforce
REQUISITIONING OF SHIPS ORDINANCE 1969
1. Mr Bristow, Deputy Secretary for Securities, has written
FLAG to Mr Wilberforce about the Requisitioning of Ships Order 1969.
(E/33)
FLAG 2. The Order, which is unpublished, refers to contingency powers
in the event of an invasion of Hong Kong. I have confirmed with
the Legal Advisers that it has not been revoked.
3.
The Order was discussed briefly at a meeting with
Mr Fletcher, Director of Marine in Hong Kong, at the Board of Trade FLAG on 23 August (paragraph 9 of Mr Wickson's note of 24 August), when it was suggested that the FCO should have another look at it in the light of the present circumstances. I have agreed with
Mr Wickson of Defence Department the pints that we should now consider; I think the task falls initially to HKD as the 1969
papers are ours.
FLAGD
4. In the meantime I suggest that Mr Wilberforce sends an interim reply to Mr Bristow.
agreed with Mr Wickson.
I attach a draft, which has been
1 September 1976
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