appreciation from Hong Kong shows that "the general atmosphere along the frontier is slightly more hostile". (See para. 2 of Hong Kong telegram No. 802 Secret). In view of the Korean developments, and in view of the constant pressure that is being put on the Officer Administering the Government to subordinate the interests of Hong Kong to American requirements in waging the Korean War I think that we cannot but agree with the Officer Administering the Government's appreciation of the situation and we must even anticipate that the deterioration in the security situation may come even more suddenly than he suggests. I am sure that you will agree also that in this matter the Hong Kong authorities have taken an extremely reasonable and co-operative line and have perhaps sacrificed their own peace of mind to what you consider to be the requirements of world politics.
I say all this because I think we shoul1 now look ahead a little from the point of view of Hong Kong and not from the point of view of the Chinese Communista as we have been doing in the past. I think we can now take it for granted that the Hong Kong Government knows our views and would not seek 'to apply the Ordinance frivolously or as the result of a panic. If Hong Kong has to come to us again after some emergency arises they may be severely handicapped by having to wait while our respective offices exchange letters and telephone calls.
I suggest that we should now reply to Hong Kong to the effect that if a sudden
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