TNAG-0043-FCO40-79-Future-Sovereignty-of-Hong-Kong-Defence-Review-Working-Party-1968 — Page 83

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LONG TERM STUDY:

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HONG KONG

INTRODUCTION

Our terms of reference were to examine policy in respect of Hong Kong in the long term, on the basis that we could not rely on remaining in Hong Kong on present terms until the lease of the New Territories lapsed and should therefore consider what adaptations of its status might be possible and desirable after A separate the conclusion of the present conflict in Vietnam. interim report was prepared in July, 1967 on the prospects for withdrawal from Hong Kong if it were suddenly forced upon us.

A background note on Hong Kong is attached (Annex A).

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