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TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
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COM FOR CISTRATION
FROM HONG KONG (Sir R. Black)
Simplex D. 5th December 1963
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Your telegram No.1391.
Constitutional Reform.
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I would prefer to say "With the object
of improving the machinery of Government in Hong Kong, ways and means of increasing local representation within the present constitutional arrangements are kept under constant review. I have no further statement to make at present".
2. In the context of the question this is less likely to convey any impression that we might be contemplating the introduction of elected representa-
tion.
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