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their responsibilities towards the people of Hong Kong and to give their

full backing to the Hong Kong authorities in any measures necessary to

restore the situation so that the people who live there may go about

their normal pursuits in peace. There is no reason to believe that there

their efforts will not be successful.

I am quite sure that Mr. Jackson-Lipkin and people in

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Hong Kong who are anxious about their future may rely on the British

Government in power at the time to do everything possible to assist

those in Hong Kong who may be placed in difficult circumstances;

the fact that I am sure of this does not enable me to give an undertaking

now that people from Hong Kong will be treated differently from those

in other parts of the Commonwealth by being admitted to the U.K. at any

time without restriction.

I am sending a copy of this letter to John Smith, who has also

spoken to me about Mr. Jackson-Lipkin's letter of 19th September.