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can suggest any particular means of
helping the Governors in the sort of
difficulty which they have in mind.
Possibly you may consider that
some thing could usefully be said to
Sir A. Clark-Kerr to encourage him
to bear constantly in mind the value
to be the Governors of the Straits
Settlements and Hong Kong of any early
advice or information which, with their
experience, the Embassy could give
them for their guidance in any matter
of Chinese opinion in Malaya and Hong
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Kong. The establishment of the publicity
organisations both local and Far Eastern,
which is now actively in hand, will no
doubt be of great assistance to the
Governors and you will see that this
point has been made in the Secretary of
State's reply to Sir Shenton Thomas.
You may consider it to be useful to
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