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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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