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SECRET
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FM HONG KONG 200504Z NOVEMBER 80
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1524 OF 20 NOVEMBER
FOR MORRICE
FROM CLIFT
Top+2/1124/ HKGD
NO DISTRIBUTION
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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Мати
AKK 340
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 1 NOV 1980
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
128
126
FCO TELNO 1031
LOCALLY ENGAGED CIVIL SERVANTS.
1. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE GOVERNOR. THE FIGURE WAS GIVEN
IN CONFIDENCE AND AS AN ILLUSTRATION THAT THE PROBLEM WAS
POTENTIALLY INFINITELY BIGGER THAN THE FEW HUNDRED ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICERS WHO HAD SO FAR MADE REPRESENTATIONS. SINCE THE DISCUSSION
WAS ABOUT CONCERN IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, NATURALLY THE FIGURES DID NOT INCLUDE DEPENDANTS.
2. WE SHOULD SIMPLY TAKE NOTE OF THE GOVERNORS GENERAL WARNING
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF OFFICERS WHO WOULD BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE: AND THE EFFECT OF THE NATIONALITY WHITE PAPER AS A CATALYST.
3. THE FIGURE SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE PASSED OUTSIDE THE F C O. SINCE IT IS LIABLE TO MISCONSTRUCTION WE SHOULD NOT USE IT IN PAPERS ON EITHER OF THE TOPICS YOU MENTION.
MACLEHOSE
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