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From B

6. But the TUC may revert to its argument (heard

before Professor Turner was engaged to make this study that the TUC (and the CBI) should nominate

a representative to examine the situation on the

ground as part of the study group. On the Governor's advice this request was rejected by

Mr Callaghan in December 1975 when he met members

of the TUC's International Committee (including

Mr Murray and Mr Jones). Mr Crosland subsequently

confirmed this decision in a letter to Mr Murray

(copies of the correspondence are attached).

The Governor's firm conviction has always been

that if this enquiry is to be successful it should

be a low-key, academic study, carried out in

collaboration with the University of Hong Kong.

The Governor has been consulted again about the

possibility of the TUC reverting to this argument

and, in a telegram of 15 April, he emphasised his

opposition to it. His principal concerns (and

ours) are

A. That the study should be satisfactorily and

carefully completed by Professor Turner and

that he should retain the academic and

independent status which he provides.

B. That nothing should occur to jeopardise the

remaining and very important items in the

Hong Kong Government's 1977 programme of

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