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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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