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S.A.C, (49)

My Secretary of State is anxious to

send as early as possible a reply to the

Governor of Hong Kong to the two questions

raised in paragraphs 16 and 18 of

(evice, which were not fully considered at

the meeting of the Committee last Tuesday.

When he mentioned these matters to me, he

indicated that he had it in mind to submit

a paper to the Cabinet on them. I have

unfortunately not had an opportunity to

further

discuss it with him, but I understand the

view of the Cabinet secretariat to be that

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these two issues should be considered inter-

departmentally if possible.

There was some discussion on the point

raised in para. 10 at the meeting of the

China and South Jast Asia Committee on

Thursday, and in the light of that discussion,

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I have prepared for consideration the following

possible text of a reply which could be sent

to the Governor on this issue :

"H.M.G. fully appreciate the dilemma

presented. On the one hand they recognise

the very great importance of not taking

unnecessarily soon any defensive measures

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