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STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR MCLAREN, DUSS FROM GOVERNOR
MIPT: HONG KONG PATROL CRAFT
BRACK'S LETTER IN MIPT HAS GONE DOWN LIKE A LEAD BALLOON WITH THOSE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE HERE WHO HAVE SEEN IT. ITS PEREMPTORY TONE AND TOTAL ABSENCE OF HONG KONG FIELDCRAFT IN NOT REALISING THAT THE FS AND ALL HIS TEAM ARE UP TO THEIR EARS IN THE BUDGET, HAS CREATED A VERY POOR IMPRESSION. I NEED HARDLY ADD THAT, AS ANOTHER PIECE OF BACKGROUND SCENERY AGAINST WHICH TO BE ARGUING FOR A HONG KONG CONTRIBUTION TO THE GULF, IT COULD SCARCELY BE MORE CLUMSY.
2. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, A QUIET WORD TO THE PEOPLE IN THE MOD ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY PHRASE THEIR COMMUNICATIONS WOULD DO NO HARM. THEY SHOULD BE TOLD THAT DIPLOMACY NEED NOT BE A DEAD ART.
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