TNAG-0032-FCO40-68-Relations-with-China-1968 — Page 26

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H" Carter.

The attached mimo. by

Sir Donald

Hopson makes out a

persuasive case and

Sw 17. Galsworthy

This is the memorandum by

would suffat a great deal of his reasoning. But he oversimplifies the Hong Kong point

may

To of view.

mind the rather brushes aside or underestimates the effects

A

Ov

Sw). Hopson that public opinion, in Hong Kong of the measures I mentioned to you. that be advocates in paras 15-17.

Its

not be right when the ecoming

Los Carh

1218/68

(para. 13)

may

CV

may

that it is a

false

assumption

that amy

concussions

to

Chinese are

thank

likely

to

lead only

to further

demands.

But there is a

dame ge

посту жо

to puthie confiance (wieluding

even police morose) of complementing his

recommendations would be suck

as

positively

real danger,

that the

which coomed undoubtedly be

to encourage or

to invite further

pozomeve

circumstances-

forthcoming

2.

in those in.

It is the that our present policies in

không Kang

likely

do not appear at the moment to produce any pospect of light

родите

at the and of c

the

tunnel. But I think

he is corong when he maintains (para 13)

that

it is arguable that public opinion

is commied at the

in Hong Kong of confrontation. I don't think

continuation

the