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the risk.
How would it be to late with fie 0.
Niemeyer in venci-official discursion the live that this is not really question of finance. Either H. Kons goes smash entirely
as a result-
of Eastern policy, or recovers, in which case she can easily carry burden. It is a quation of a sele to restore the confidence of Enerpean Raders in v. Chema
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Can he suggest any
allamative
to the guarantee, which would
have that effect?
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that though we would try to do without the guarantee I thought it was very likely that we should have to ask them for it sooner or later, as the situation at Hong Kong was not improving as we hoped it would do. In order to round off the matter I have now written to Sir 0. Niemeyer semi-officially explaining that as things have not improved it is very likely we shall have to communicate with them officially before long.
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This has I am afraid been hung up
for some mysterious reason which I cannot explain
as I had intended re-drafting the proposed letter
to the Treasury, but the file seems to have got
back to the Department without my doing this.
I discussed with the Secretary of
State the proposed draft and he decided that it
would be better for me to explain verbally to
Sir Otto Niemeyer the position and that we should
probably have to return to the charge at the end
of the year and ask for a Treasury guarantee.
I did this and I explained to Sir Otto Niemeyer
that
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