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DRAFT. LETTER

W.J. KESWICK, ESQ.

3, LOMBARD STREET,

LONDON,

E.C.3.

despatch 145 from H.K.

despatch 222 to H.K.

FURTHER ACTION.

Your Reference..

BY HAND

Dear Mr. Keswick,

Mr. Creech Jones has asked me to send

you the enclosed copies of Sir Mark Young's

despatch No.145 of the 22nd October last and

of Mr. Creech Jones's despatch to Hong Kong

No.222 of the 3rd July, on the subject of the

Hong Kong Constitutional changes.

He

Mr. Creech Jones promised to send you copies

of these despatches in his letter to you

of the 21st July. Further copies are being

sent this morning direct to Mr. Mitchell.

Mr. Creech Jones is proposing to make

an announcement on the subject in the House

of Commons this afternoon, and the despatches

are