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John Kerr wrote to Andrew Turnbull on 30 September
about the action taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to make technical advice available to the Hong Kong
Government in connection with a suggested local measure
to resist pressure on the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate.
This action was taken by agreement with the Foreign and
Commonwealth Secretary.
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Sir Geoffrey is minuting the Prime Minister today to
brief her in advance of the meetings on Hong Kong which
she will hold with officials on 5 and 6 October, and with
Unofficial Members of the Executive Council on 7 October.
I am sure that you will bear fully in mind, in this
connection, that the EXCO members know nothing whatsoever
of the financial contingency planning which is in hand in
Hong Kong and Whitehall. Knowledge of this is restricted
to a very small number of officials in the Hong Kong
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