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Sri A. Galsworthy
Sur J. Johnston.
HONG KONG: LONG TERM STUDY
I attach a copy of an interdepartmentally agreed
study on future policy in regard to Hong Kong
(OPDO(DR)(69)1 Revise), prepared under the aegis of
the Cabinet Office.
2.
We have been invited by the Cabinet Office to
present the study to the Ministerial Committee on
I accoligly seek Hong Kong, and I submit for authority to do this
under cover of the attached historical note which will
bear the Secretary of State's name as Chairman of
that Committee. The Ministerial Committee on Hong
Kong was set up in 1967 to "keep the present situation
in Hong Kong under review and report to the Cabinet
has
ん
as necessary" The Secretary of State succeeded the
Commonwealth Secretary as Chairman; the other
members are the Secretary of State for Defence, the
President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Privy Seal,
the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the Minister
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(Lord Shepherd).
3. Subject to the Secretary of State's agreement,
the Cabinet Office proposes to arrange an early
meeting of the Committee after Easter.
notes and a brief are in course of preparation, following quidence from the Manning Committee.
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