TNAG-0050-FCO40-86-Disturbances-essential-food-supplies-1968 — Page 34

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(a)

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operated in the United Kingdom

without some leak of the relevant

information;

the United Kingdom Government at

present has plans only for a crash

rationing programme such as would

be required after a nuclear attack.

This would be totally unsuited to

any of Hong Kong's requirements;

in view of the above it would be

unlikely that the Ministry could

offer any relevant training on the

development of a scheme for Hong

Kong, though they suggest that some

ideas might be gleaned from the

two pamphlets:

(1) How Britain was Fed in

War Time;

(ii) The Market Square

and the volumes of the Official

History of the War dealing with

Food Rationing.

The Ministry would, however, be

willing to give advice, so far as

possible, on any other points of

difficulty.

I have now read (i) and (ii) and

think there are a number of points arising

in each which should be noted in considering

any Hong Kong scheme

though the chief lesson

to be derived is the fantastic complication and

sophistication of the United Kingdom scheme).

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