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Registry

No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Secret.

Suret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

.............In Confidence

DRAFT

LETTER

To:-

AMBASSADORS

Stockholm

0610

Copenhagen

Bonn

The Hague Rome

Brussels (2) Paris

Djakarta

Manilla

Type 1 +

From

Mr. K. M. Wilford

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Saigon

Bangkok

Tokyo

Vienna

High Commissioners

Kuala Lumpur

Singapore

Pretoria

Canberra

Wellington

Lagos

Ottawa

Heads of UK Delegations to

EEC OECD

It has been agreed in the Office that in exercise

affairs

of my responsibility for Hong Kong I should approach

you (and certain other Ambassadors and High

Commissioners) for some assistance on the Colony's

behalf.

As you will be aware, Hong Kong as a dependent

territory does not conduct its own external affairs;

that is the responsibility of HMG and in particular

this Office. In practice, however, the Colony does

exercise a considerable measure of responsibility in

deciding its own commercial policy and, in appropriate

cases, for conducting its commercial relations with

other countries. Its commercial and economic

interests are separately represented (within the

Missions concerned) at Washington, Geneva and Brussels,

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