TNAG-0050-FCO40-86-Disturbances-essential-food-supplies-1968 — Page 4

Reference..

with

Mr. Carter.

may remember that last year Hong kong produced a Pauper examining 'the consensation, stocks and saucer of food in the Colony, and possible alternative souces of supply in the event of a cessation of food importa from China

has had its first annual

The

Радет

review and Hong Kong have sentus three copies of the revised version, which you might like to look al. . Its conclusions are listed in pdłograph 58 at page 15, with point (o) seeming

present position.

to sum up

yo the

The covering saving despatch does not require any action, but merely

Dring sus up to date on

points Hong Kong raused

some of the

in Paragraph +

of their saving despatch 1329 of 14 July 1967 (at fatio 2)

With

regard

too paragraph 4 of the latest saving despatch, of the points which Hong Kong raised last year three concerned wo, namely:

a) diversion of-cold-straque vessels with mentor other cargoes of staple food to the Colony if in partes from China were dirlusted

(6) Assustave in dotaining the series of parts to assist in contingence

Certan exports

planning oz.

I emergency shipments of ment to the Colony from the U.k.

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The Point