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Secretary of State.
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The Rt. Hon. Ernest Bevin, MP.,
Foreign Office.
For signature by the Secretary of State.
TOP SECRET.
April, 1947.
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In your letter to me of the 25th February,
you said that you would prefer to wait until
you had had a talk with General Marshall before
considering a possible reference to the Cabinet
on the question of Hong Kong.
I am naturally anxious to learn what
transpired in your conversations with General
Marshall on this subject, and hope that their
result has been to lessen the objections which
you have felt to the issue of a statement by
H.M.G. on the future of the Colony.
From my
point of view, the need for such a statement
has certainly not diminished with the passage of
the last few weeks, and the Governor continues
to press us regarding what he refers to as
"the much-needed word" about our intentions.
In the interval since you wrote to me
have prepared the draft of a paper for submis-
sion to the Cabinet, on this question,-end
a copy. The proposed statement at Annex V,
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