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Mr.
Mr.....
Mr.
W.S.Carter
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Mr.
Minister of State
Sir
Secretary of State
Your Reference.
Date
JAU
August, 1965.
DRAFT
C.C.W.Adams Esq.,
Frivate Office,
Commonwealth Relations
Office.
Draft 'B'
Photostat/attached
Enclosures to A in
Envelope.
FURTHER ACTION
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(E6098) WA 42332-8537 50m 1/64 V.B. Gp 791
I regret the delay in replying to your letter
of 2nd July enclosing one from the Labour Party of
This is a difficult
Hong Kong to Mr. Bottomley.
matter on which to advise and we have given much
thought to it.
2. We have, of course, no official record of what
Mr. Bottomley said in Hong Kong but the marked passages
in the attached copy of a press record of his final
press conference would seem to suggest that the Hong
Kong Labour Party's letter has misrepresented his
statements on the subject of constitutional develop-
Our libraries are unable to produce a copy of
the Asia Magazine to which their letter refers.
3.
ment.
The Labour Party of Hong Kong is a small, if
vocal, body of probably not more than 20 members
in all. It has no influence to speak of on opinion
in the Colony where there is still no general
demand for constitutional changes.
The signatories
of this letter are almost all professional organisers
of associations and parties . In their permutationS
they are to be found writing letters
and combinations
on behalf of a number of other Hong Kong
organisations, e.g. United Nations' Association,
the Democratic Self-Governing Party, the Committee
for Japanese Reparations. Mr. Hopkin-Jenkins and Mr. Kennedy-Skipton are expatriatage &framer is a
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