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the office of Secretary for Chinese Affairs (the
title as it stands seems appropriate except for
its limited association in the past, and it is
doubtful whether it is necessary at present to
include responsibility for relations with America
and other countries at this stage), consideration
might be given to the appointment of two assistant
officers under him; one from the ranks of the
candidates specialising in domestic problems, and
the other an expert on Chinese politics, who would
act as liaison officer with the Embassy. Alternative
or additional methods of securing the objective
would be:-
(a) the encouragement of individual officers
in all Departments to make and maintain
contacts with the Chinese on the mainland,
and
(b) frequent exchanges of visits between
members of the staff of the Colonial
Government on the one hand and His Majesty's
Embassy in Chung King on the other.
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The foregoing represents our tentative
views on this subject. As I have indicated, we
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should be very glad to have your views or to know
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whether you would prefer to defer/consideration
until your return to Hong Kong, in which case we sh
to send to you by would propose in the despatch to set out as our
tentative views, those given above, subject to any
wish
comments you may have to offer on them now.
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(Sgd.) T.I.K.LLOYD.