organise alternative supplies of food, and what
assistance would you need in this respect?
6.
If in your opinion it would not be possible for Hong Kong to survive for long in the kind of situation foreseen in paragraph 5 above, once it became cle ar that the C.P.G. intended to go for all-out confrontation of this kind this might well be the point at which we should have to consider withdrawal from Hong Kong. This whole concept presents huge problems which must clearly relate to the point in time at which withdrawal became inevitable. No doubt you too will have given some thought to this, and we should in due course welcome your views generally on this range of problems. 7. Your assessment of the points in paragraphs 5 and 6 will be of greatest value to me in discussing this whole problem with my colleagues.
8. Finally, I should like you to know how much we admire the way you have handled this very difficult situation. Our thoughts are very much with you and your Advisers in these anxious days.
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