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Industrial Development of the Colonial
Perhaps
Empire. He would be glad if you would
Cortilentially
on/to
pass this on/to Breen, whe is, I under-
stand the Chairman of the Commission,
in order that he may have some indication
of the general policy of His Majesty's
Government in this matter and may be able
Commission
to guide the Committee accordingly.
The
In point-of fact the reason why
the Report is not being circulated
officially at present, that the Cabinet
are inclined to consider that it goes too
far even in its limited approval of local
protection for local industries.
Moreover,
the part about the Indian Tariff Board
(paragraph 14 et seq) is not accepted: the
is (considered to have
Board has not/worked well in practice.
not
In these circumstances, and
particularly in view of the very limited
that
preference Hong Kong gives to the United
A
Kingdom, you will appreciate that there
would be vehement opposition here to any
protection
the reason
being
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