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Minister of State
Secretary of State
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for Songkong.
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Sri.
I hanate to inform you
that since the zeerij/-
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of a a report by I. Rees Willerms on his retum from his recent visit httongkong, Thave hen giving semis contrations to certami aspects of fromment policy ni Hongkong, To which, if the enception of stongkong 'shopemore' of Suat Bitaris withi Far East is to be satisfactorily monitiinced as Ithig.is most autions that it should be, demason that it is Essential that a home forward and progression attitude should. If practicable, be adopted,
2. Ido not over book the fact that for many peroms of Chinese catractin
ii Hrupkong, the concept of the Colony as other there a place where
operations to amass wealth underthi. Which the British administration affords, has little practical meaning or value. Such
an altituds is not I feel sure shared
of
by arany choice servisby Homnking
mentors of the community, but Jam frankly impressed by linfact-
That during the long years of British Adminstration, more has notten achieved
twonds king my into existence in
Hongkong
8cuse
a realisation of
the dupes