be appended to our prospective
benefits if His Majesty's Government
were inclined to help China by provid-
ing a loan in support of Chinese
currency at this time.
3. If and when an opportunity
arises to propose a deal with China
to give us a longer range of the New
Territories, it would be reasonable
to have in mind the possibility of
Hong Kong making a contribution in
some form. It would depend on the
circumstances of the deal in prospect.
We cannot begin to form a view in pre-
sent conditions whether such a deal
would be likely to be a matter of a
simple cash payment. If I were to
prophesy, I should say that it would
be very unlikely, and that Chinese
sentiment
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