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22nd August, 1970.
Dear Norton,
Sir S.Wilson, who is at the moment on leave,
thought that Sir R.Vansittart might be interested to read
the enclosed extract from a letter rhich he received from
the Governor of Hong Kong about the proposed Custoas
Agreement with the Chinese. I am not sending cories
of Sir W. Peel's correspondence with Sir H.Lampson as it
appears that copies have already been sent to the Foreign
Office from Peking.
The Colonial Office have consider ble sympathy with the Governor in his effort to negotiate an agreement with the Chinese Crstoms. Since Sir Miles Lampson appears
gener lly to share his view that this onestion should be
treated as a Customs matter, for the purpose of preventing
smuggling, and should be hammered out by experts rather thm
that the Chinese should be permitted to make it the
occasion for a purely political attempt designed to placate
C.J.Norton,Esq.
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