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1 1 JUL 1978
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
HONG KONG
July 1973
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Thank you for your letter of 16 June about
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I have of course discussed this at some length with Crane himself as well as with Denys Roberts. I should be rather surprised if Crane expressed 'strong" reservations about "enry. hat he consistently said to 1 over a series o talks was that, if necessary, he vold expect Ferry to do a co petent job, but that he would not be ideal.
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as also criticised by Jack a ter for the role he played in Cetuber/November last vetr. I have discusser t e letter oint with Crane and Slevia. Seither thought that undue weight should be attached to it. It was allege that he showed weakness. On the other and it ws erry who conducted the negotiations hour after hour with the very excited representatives of the junior polie, and it is easy enough for those who lic not how to co co to claim that a firmer line Bold Lave been no effective. T point of fact it might lave just as easily precipitated an even greater crisis. Moreover the events of October/November were somewhat trammatic and all of us involved at some point in time made error of œission or commission - though the outcome was nothing like as bad as it might have been.
have dealt with enry t some length because he is retine
acpension.
To my talk with Crane we agreed that there were three options:-
Feary if Surcon proved sufficiently dynamic and succeseff to be counted on to exercise a stiffening in 'luence as Deputy in case of trouble;
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