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HWB.7/5
CONFIDENTIAL
29 May, 1968
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Last year we had some correspondence ending, I think, with Hewitt's letter of 22 September about emergency food arrange- ments for Hong Kong. You were kind enough to a range meetings with representatives of the meat trade in this country.
Although the threat to Hong Kong's food supplies has now very largely disappeared, the Hong Kong Government has naturally been looking into the question of what measures it could take to safeguard against a recurrence of the interruptions in the food trade that occurred last year. I enclose for your informa- tion a copy of a savingran and report recently received from the Governor; you may find it useful to have this background inforation on your papers. You will note that in para 4 of his savingram the Governor states that he is not asking for any further assistance from us at the present tire.
It occurs to me, however, that it might be useful to have on record at this stage the results of certain emuiries your
cpartment was making (Crump's letter of 6 September refers) as to the possibility of releasing to Hong Kong in an emergency some cí our stocks of canned, corned meat. It is possible that Crump hac orally communicated the results of this examination to llewitt. nfortunately if this was the case Hewitt, who has now left the department, has left no record on our papers.
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N.J.D. Hutchison, Esq.,
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