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least of all those in the United Kingdom who would have us put
persons of British race in a special category.
To my mind the
only satisfactory way of dealing with this and meeting the crucial
point of maintaining confidence in Hong hong is a flat and robust
denial that we are planning for an evacuation.
9.
I recommend therefore that :-
(i) all evacuation planning should be suspended for the time
being, a "crash" operation being mounted, if the occasion
arises, to evacuate as many vulnerable and sensitive
persons as we can;
(ii)
we should continue to try to avoid a direct reply to
questions about evacuation plans but, if necessary, we
should state flatly that we are not planning to evacuate
Hong kong, making the points in paragraph 8(c) above.
Commonwealth
fire
G.M.T
S.W.I.
4ch December 1967
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