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6.1.1976.
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR, HONG KONG.
FOR WILLIAMS FROM KIDD.
FABIAN SOCIETY WILL PUBLISH LATER THIS MONTH PAMPHLET
ENTITLED QUOTE HONG KONG: BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY UNQUOTE,
BY JOE ENGLAND, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-
MURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WARWICK.
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WE HAVE OBTAINED PROOF COPY FROM THE FABIAN SOCIETY
ON
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AND WE HAVE GIVEN AN UNDERTAKING THAT WE WILL TREAT IT AS
SOMETINIE
CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL PUBLICATION DATE AFTER MID-JANUARY BUT
WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALLY FIXED.
3.
TWO COPIES HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED UNDER PERSONAL
WITH
SENIOR COVER TO YOU BY HAND OF MR. A.A. THOMPSON, PWD ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER, LEAVING LONDON 7 JANUARY BY BA920. HE EXPECTS
YOU TO ARRANGE TO COLLECT FROM HIM. I WILL BRING FURTHER
COPIES WITH ME WHEN I ARRIVE ON 10 JANUARY.
4.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO LET YOU HAVE SUMMARY
OF PAMPHLET, IN THE MEANTIME, TO GIVE YOU AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE REACTIONS TO FCO IN ANTICIPATION OF POST-PUBLICATION
PUBLICITY AND P.Q's.
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PAMPHLET IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE CHAPTERS WITH
FOLLOWING HEADINGS:
1.
THIS VERY PECULIAR PLACE
2.
BRITAIN IN CHINA
3.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
4.
WHY DOES CHINA STAND BY?
5. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
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