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HWB. 13/7.

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Dependent Territories Division,

4th August, 1967.

I am sorry that we have not sent an earlier reply to

the Governor's formal despatch of 23rd June reporting developments from December 1966 to June 1967 which, as you will be aware, has

now been printed.

Our only comment is on paragraph 16, third sentence, in which

it is said that "On our side, we cannot afford to provide a

casus belli which would compel Peking to intervene militarily..

We think that "directly", rather than "militarily", would be a

better and broader description of what we have to fear.

In other respects we consider the despatch gave a very

balanced description of the events covered.

LAST

(W.S. Carter)

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REF.

M.D.I. Gass Esq., C.M.G.,

Government House,

HONG KONG.

PA.

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