Mr......S..Carter,
Mr..
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Minister of State
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By G.RO. bay
Mr..
Mr..
Sir.
Secretary of State
February, 1967
Your Reference.......
Date....
DRAFT
M.D.I. Gass Esq., C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretariat,
Hong Kong.
FURTHER ACTION
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As we know from recent experience, the visit of
a C.0. Minister to Hong Kong is usually regarded by
quite a number of local residents as providing an
opportunity to put their pet projects, grievances
etc., direct to the Minister. They set these out
in letters or write asking for interviews. Quite
letters
a large proportion of these cases the writers are from
cranks.
For lack of funds, no member of the Hong Kong
Dept. will be accompanying the S. of S. in Mar ch
and the Private Secretary will not be able to turn
to anyone in the C.0. party with a detailed knowledge
of Hong Kong affairs. I have therefore suggested to
him that all such correspondence from the public
should be turned over to you on the basis that you
will cause a simple acknowledgment of each letter
to be sent on the S. of S's behalf and will thereafter
forward all the correspondence to London with your
recommendations as to the replies. It is, of course,
the usual practice in dependent territories
(enshrined in former Colonial Office Codes of
Procedure) to seek the Governor's recommendation as
to reply and, where the writer is resident in the
territory, to send the reply through the Governor. We propose to continue this.
Where
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