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Following from Commonwealth Secretary.
Kowloon disturbances.
I shall shortly be asking my colleagues to
consider the issues raised in paragraph 4 of your
telegram No. 600. But I should like to give you my own thoughts at this stage, and there are certain points on which I need your assessment.
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I am sure our intention must be to remain in Hong Kong as long as it is physically possible for us to retain control of the situation. I whole- heartedly endorse your own conclusion that we should not accept a Macau-type compromise.
3. While we must obviously avoid an all-out confrontation with the C.P.G. if this can possibly be avoided, I recognise that this is unfortunately
a risk inherent in the situation. I think
therefore that our policy must be to continue to deal firmly with any disorders which the Communists
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