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Mr.
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Mr.
Mr.
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
for hout
arouath DRAFT. mure ar
disturbance to
trade
ultimately destined for China.
This
is obviously true, and the question of
turns one whether it would be
administratively practical to provide
such facilities on a sufficiently
cacnection
extensive scalę
In this case I assume
that merchants would wish to make use
of such facilities in respect of many
goods which would ultimately
Experted
although intact)
Ding in facts?
were not
originally
Exported to China, because on original importation
ed
they might be ignorant of the ultimate fro that and no other.
for that destination of such geeds.
-goodsf
I assume
FURTHER ACTION.
therefore that any free port area would
have to be of considerable size. This
is, however, essentially an administra-
tive question, upon which I should be
E learn
glad
nterested te knew the views of your
advisers.
the Hong Kong Government.
4.
It has further been
suggested, with reference to
paragraph
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