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DRAFT. LETTER.
× Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State
For Sir Thomas Lloyd's signature
D.M. MACDOUGALL, ESQ., C.M.G.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
7
May, 1947.
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FURTHER ACTION.
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You will no doubt have on record
a copy of Young's letter to me of the
15th May enclosing an editorial from the "Hong Kong Telegraph" on the subject of
Hong Kong constitutional changes.
We are doing our best to get the terms
of the open reply to Young's despatch
settled as quickly as possible so that they
may both be published, and I hope that when
Young calls to see me I shall be able to tell
him that arrangements have been made for
(I hardly
the publication of both documents.
think there is time for them to have been
actually published before then.)
Although Young refers in his letter to
the Parliamentary announcement of the
acceptance of his proposals, which was made
on the 5th March, there is no reference to
this announcement in the editorial itself.
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On the contrary, the editorial conveys
a very definite impression that no decision
whatsoever has been taken on the Constitution/
proposals.
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