DSR 11 (Revised)
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Miss Patricia M Barnes
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Don Brech Esq
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Government Records Co-ordinator Government Secretariat
Lower Albert Road
HONG KONG
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CAVEAT...
.In Confidence
SUBJECT:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RECORDS
1. It will, I am sure, not surprise you to learn that
I have been expecting a letter along the lines of yours
of 16 March for some time. It raises questions which
will engage us, and probably our successors, until your
exercise is completed.
2.
Let me say at once that it is not going to be
possible to cross check every single item. We do not
attempt to do this with governments such as Australia
or the USA with whom we share many records and more
information. The arrangements we have are directed
towards items that fall outside established guidelines,
or other material which raises doubts in the mind of its
custodians whether or not it should be released.
Enclosures-flag(s)..
3. If we apply this general principle to your
particular problems, our decisions to release or
withhold taken independently will be based on the
revised guidelines to which we are both working.
would expect to consult, or be consulted, only on
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