香港總督府

(C: PS / LAS

Mr Blücher

PS/M

Miss Brown

VARED

MAED

SHKK 1846

RECEIVADY Rd. 51

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

HONG KONG

DESK O

INDEX

29 March 1980

HKG D

This

unwelcome

ME

31A

but not unexpected

batch of correspondence reinforces the LPS', letter to

the sofs for Frade but dvesn't

Das Init, amend it

CATHAY PACIFIC

See

نسه

Nevertheless the LAS

when the letter hug

comes of the letter

ралы

require

to wish to I will send

дола

in my

2 to the right DOT official

1. General Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the Trade Development Council. The originals have gone direct to the Secretary of State for Trade.

I enclose copies of letters from the Hong Kong (Pl. draft).

2. I also enclose a copy of a letter addressed to me by the Chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, and also a speech made by the Senior Member of the Legislative Council, Mr Oswald Cheung, on March 27. I leave it to you whether you wish to bring these to the attention of the Department of Trade.

Dflin

3. They all illustrate what a very unpleasant backlash this decision has provoked, and I am all too conscious of the fact that unless reversed it may spill over into other issues.

4. I certainly think that the Department of Industry should be aware of some of the implications.

Y

see

8/4

DF Murray Esq CMG

Foreign & Commonwealth Office LONDON SWI

Share This Page