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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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