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Government in advance of any proposal for the exercise of the authority to conduct negotiations delegated to you by paragraph 2 of that despatch and to keep the United Kingdom Government informed of the progress of any such negotiations. The United Kingdom Government will
inform
you if it should appear that your actions or proposals in
this field conflict with, or are likely to I e ad to
international commitments,
Kingdom
conflict
with,
the
responsibilities
policies or
Government.
of
United the
In that event it will of course be
necessary for Hong Kong to abide by the decision of the United Kingdom Government.
5. The United Kingdom Government retain, of course, the
right to amend or revoke the entrustment delegated to you
in that despatch.
I have the honour to be,
GOVERNOR
Sir Edward Youde, GOMG, MBE
ETC ETC ETC
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