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suggesting that any review of the long-term plan for the City based on the 1963 scheme will require the most careful consideration in which the F.C.0. should be consulted at key stages.

L'Appleyard.

(L. V. Appleyard) Far Eastern Department

11 December, 1969.

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It seems that the paper is the frost step in

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the preparation of the contingency of laws which Hu Maddocks refors in-paragraph 5 of his letter at (). As such I do not think that it represents any change in the

approach to the problems from

from that outlined in that letter. But the disturbing aspect is

the manner

the

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in which the paper harps

exploiting

to the full any

opportunity which might be presented by an

emergency

in the Walled City, of extending

the authoring of the Hong Kong

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reading

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possibility that we may be

too much into this impression, which the paper undoubtedly gives, Para 9 the paper makes it clear. that both we Our Mission in Peking consulted at all times

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