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Thank you for your letter of 9 June enclosing an
from the Birmingham (Alabama) News of 2 June.
I attached to (48)
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The article is based on a syndicated piece by Mr attached 65(217) Walter Easy which appeared in the Guardian on 26 April
A similar piece was carried by the Glasgow Herald in
May and others have no doubt appeared elsewhere. Mr Eas
a former Hong Kong police officer, is I am afraid
-known critic of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's
policy towards Hong Kong.
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The article's main thrust is that 'the FCO deliberately
delayed a settlement of the Falklands dispute with
Argentina
because it was obsessed by the possible
effects of a settlement in Hong Kong.' This is of cours
quite untrue. Apart from the fact that both are
Dependent Territories there is no similarity or connecti
between the position of the Falkland Islands and that of
Hong Kong.