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sun-fficial, enquilas recently Dane pomines (thi
HMC So you finFliage. the dopectin Seura!" the thine tem
willen we
tratios from a low Agton
the '530 drafts
mpl
was sent to him
with the appisvad "HM?
(Mer resultant discouragement of
latter principally through ite effects og smuggling)
There is reason to believe that the Chinese authorities
would be favourably disposed towards a renewal of
negotiations for even an Agreement and It
(such an Apecuen
is thought that
it would be better to aim at that as an objective rather
than a Customs Union which would probably prove extremely
difficult to bring about, would involve a serious breach
with the tradition and development of Hong Kong as a free
port and commercial centre, endangering the great economic
advantages of that status without assurance of adequate
return; and would almost certainly raise very difficult
questions of international law.
Co. Nor.
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