Bxh2s Twine
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EN CLAIR
HONG KONG ΤΟ FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 591
UNCLASSIFIED
25 JULY 1969
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FROM BTC. YOUR TELEGRAM 592 TO CANBERRA CALLING FOR A SHORT SUMMARY OF LOCAL PRESS REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADES STATEMENT IN COMMONS ON TEXTILE IMPORTS WAS MY FIRST COMMUNICATION FROM YOU ON THE SUBJECT. VERBATIMS 197 AND 198 HAVE PRESUMABLY BEEN SENT TO ME BY AIRMAIL AND SHOULD ARRIVE NEXT WEEK. YOU WILL THEREFORE APPRECIATE THE EMBARRASSMENT | WAS CAUSED BY BEING ASKED BY PRESS AND RADIO HERE TO COMMENT ON A MAJOR MINISTERIAL STATEMENT CLOSELY AFFECTING HONG KONG WHICH
I HAD NEVER SEEN. I TRUST THIS WILL RESULT IN URGENT CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVISABILITY OF INSTALLING TELEX IN MY OFFICE WHICH WAS REQUESTED OVER FOUR MONTHS AGO.
2. THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT HAS BEEN THE MAJOR LOCAL STORY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS WHICH HAS REACTED PRIMARILY BY SEEKING VIEWS OF LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THESE VIEWS HAVE VARIED FROM QUOTE SHOCK AND DISSAPPOINTMENT AND ANOTHER BLOW BY BRITAIN AT THE COMMONWEALTH UNQUOTE BY MICHAEL HERRIES EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR AND CHAIRMAN OF JARDINE MATHESON AND QUOTE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR PEOPLE WORKING IN HONG KONG COTTON MILLS COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS UNQUOTE BY VINCENT WOO CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG COTTON SPINNERS ASSOCIATION TO THE MORE SOBER QUOTE HONG KONG MUST NATURALLY REGARD THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT IN A VERY SERIOUS LIGHT UNQUOTE BY THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY. TYPICAL FRONT PAGE HEADLINES HAVE BEEN QUOTE JOB SHOCK UNQUOTE AND QUOTE UNITED KINGDOM TEXTILE CURBS TO HIT COLONY UNQUOTE.
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28 JUL 1969
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