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can be harnessed to some domestic objective,

as occurred with the 'Resist America Aid

Korea Movement'

Paragraph 41

First sentence to be redrafted as

follows:

"The Chinese.

.whenever the

disadvantages to them of our position there

outweigh the advantages they derive from

Hong Kong retaining a separate existence."

Paragraph 44

This paragraph should be redrafted as follows: X"It must be recognized that our

ability to bring influence or pressure to

bear upon the Chinese to modify their

policies in our favour is minimal if indeed

Nevertheless, we provide China

it exists.

with certain services and facilities in the

fields of commerce, shipping, banking and

insurance which we could if necessary

interrupt. Action on these lines would

probably do no more than inconvenience the

Chinese and in any case we are inhibited from

it by the adverse effect it would have on

Hong Kong's economy. However at a moment

of renewed tension, for example if the

Chinese mounted another confrontation, we

might wish to consider such action in order

to cause the Chinese to reflect on their g

true interests and to bring home to them the

measure of our determination to maintain our

position. We should keep under

interdepartmental review what means

we have

(if any) of exercising effective /economic

pressure by.on

Chernia

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