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appreciation Cro: Hong Kong shows that "the general atmosphere along the frontier is slightly more hostila". (See para. 2 of Hong Kong telegram No. 302 Secret). In view of the Korean developments, and in view of the constant pressure that le being put on the Officer Administering the Government to subordinate the interests of Hong Kong to American requirements in waging the orean ar I think that we cannot but agree with the Officer Administering the Government's appreciation of the situation and we must even anticipate that the deterioration in the security situation may come even more suddenly than he suggests. I am sure that you will agree slan that in this atter the Hong Kong authorities have taken an extremely reasonable and co-operative line and havo perhaps sacrificed their own peace of mind to what you consider to be the requirements of world politics.
I say all this because I think we should now look ahead a little from the point of view of Hong Kong and not from the point of view of the Chinese Communists as we have been doin, in the past. I think we can now take it for grunted that the Hong Kong Government knows our views and would not seek to apply the ordinance frivolously or sa the result of a panic. If
Hong Kong has to come to us again after some emergency arises they may be severely handicapped by having to wait while our respective offices exchange letters and telephone calls.
I suggest that we should now reply to Hong Kong to the effect that if a sudden
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