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Miss Croc
28/9/50.
Dear Britten,
Miss Storar
F.4185/14
DRAFT LETTER
SECRET & PERSONAL
R.G. Britten, Esq.
New Delhi.
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Will you please refer to a letter Pol.17247/49
of the 26th October, 1949 which was sent from this Office
to the Government of India about the contemplated cons-
titutional changes in Hong Kong; it described new
proposals embodied in a resolution passed by the
Legislative Council in June, 1949 and indicated that the se
were under consideration.
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We have not written to the Government of India
since our letter referred to above but since then we
have several times been asked by them what further
progress has been made; their interest centres on the
desire of the Indian community in Hồng Kong for special
representation in the Legislative Council. Correspondence
has hitherto been direct with the Government of India,
but we should prefer it to take place in future through
you. We should therefore be grateful if you would
reply to the Government of India's latest letter, a
copy of which is attached together with a copy of their
previous letter.
Your reply should be limited in substance to a
mere statement that the whole problem of constitutional
reform in Hong Kong is at present under review, that
the interest of the Government of India in this matter
is not being overlooked and that further information
will be sent to the Government of India as soon as
possible.
For your private information I may add that the
problem has recently been discussed in London with the
Governor of Hong Kong, and that it is proposed that a
despatch, will shortly be sent to the Governor of
Hong Kong with a view to its publication the se
/indicating