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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 1842 OF 19 OCTOBER
FOR DAVID FORD
FROM GOVERNOR
To.
maiden Speech
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO LORD KADOORIE FROM ME:
1 HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMPARATIVELY SMALL AMENDMENTS TO SUGGEST, AND I REPEAT SUGGEST. THEIR OBJECT IS ONLY TO EMPHASISE YOUR THEME:-
(A) ON THE FIRST PAGE THERE ARE TWO SMALL POINTS WHICH RELATE TO CHINESE SUSEPTIBILITIES AND I SUGGEST FOR ''CITY STATE'' SUBSTITUTE ''UNIQUE TERRITORY'' OR MERELY DELETE ''STATE''. AND IN PARA 4, 3RD SENTENCE, SUBSTITUTE ''ASSISTS' FOR ''ENABLES''.
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(B) PAGE 2 PARA 9 DELETE **ITS OVERSEAS CITIZENS'' AND SUBSTITUTE
**WHAT ARE NOW TO BE CALLED CITIZENS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES''. AT THE END OF THE PARA ADD **IT IS NOW ABOUT
THE U K'S LARGEST MARKET IN ASIA. PEOPLE THERE NURTURE THE BRITISH
CONNECTION IN THIS MOST PRACTICAL WAY''.
(c) PAGE 3 PARA 14. AFTER ''BRITISH'' ADD A COMMA AND INSERT
''THAT IT ENJOYS THE FRIENDLY ACQUIESCENCE OF CHINA''.
(D) PARA 15, SUGGEST EXPAND TO READ ''HONG KONG'S INFLUENCE, AND THE ATTITUDE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE TO THE UK, CAN PLAY A VITA
PART IN THE FUTURE OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS, AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH TRADE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC AREA''
(E) PARA 16, AT THE END ADD ''GOVERNMENTS TEND TO BE PRE-OCCUPIED WITH MATTERS OF LAW AND FACT, BUT HUMAN FEELINGS CAN BE EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT''.
(F) PAGE 4 PARA 18. WHILE THIS IS A GOOD PUNCH LINE TO END ON,
IT WOULD LAY YOU OPEN TO THE RETORT THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION OF
THE GOOSE BEING KILLED. PERHAPS YOU COULD ACHIEVE THE SAME
RESULT BY IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN
TO A GOOSE THAT HAS
MACLEHOSE
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