Sir Murray MacLehose GBE KCMG KCVO Governor and Commander-in-Chief Government House
HONG KONG
_HKK 212/548/2
INDEX
BY NO.
2 5 OCT 47
21 October 1977
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THE TUC AND HONG KONG
1.
Thank you for your letter of 7 October to John Stewart.
2. Put into context, the TUC motion on Hong Kong was of very minor importance. The Congress lasted for 4 days, of which only half a day was spent on international matters. The time spent on the Hong Kong motion including the speech by the NUTWG General Secretary was at most ten minutes and I understand from the Deputy Overseas Labour Adviser who attended the Congress that the motion was the last to be taken and attracted little attention at the time. The Congress as a whole had 115 motions put to it, a number of which were later combined into composite motions. Including the one on Hong Kong there were 9 motions on international matters. To the best of our knowledge, the UK media paid no special attention to the subject.
W E Quantrill
Hong Kong & General Department