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DRAFT. s/o LETTER.
E.C.TRENCH, ESQ.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
54064/3/50.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference F.C.10112/50.
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01.
20 JUL D. NO
confidential
Jup of (14)
(10)
Would you please refer to our
correspondence about the Hong Kong
Expulsion of Undesirables Ordinance?
You will remember that following the
discussion with the Governor, at which
Shattock was present, we asked Hong Kong,
in our telegram No.1019 Confidential, to
defer application of the Ordinance and
the 0.A.G.agreed to do so in his telegram
(13) No.789 Confidential, subject to the
(14)
Copy of aft saving
FURTHER ACTION.
observations he was sending by Savingram.
I now enclose a copy of the 0.A.G's
Savingram No.746 Confidential which
contains his observations. He points out
that it will take at least until the end
of this year to make preparations for
implementing the Ordinance, that is unless
it becomes necessary to take special measures.
He also points out that the attitude of the
Chinese authorities is uncertain and it may
be necessary to implement the Ordinance
at very short notice "if a sudden deterioration
of the security situation warrants this course"
In point of fact, the latest Intelligence
appreciation from Hong Kong shows that
"the general atmosphere along the frontier
is slightly more hostile". (See para. 2 of
Hong/