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DRAFT Despatch
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From
His Excellency
Mr. Wilford
Sir David Trench, GCMG, MC,
Government House,
Hong Kong.
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Sir,
I have the honour to refer to your
Despatch No. 617 of 24 May in which you reviewed
the principal developments that had taken
place in Hong Kong in the preceding year.
The picture which you draw of the continuing
success of the Colony in so many fields is a
heartening one upon which I should like to
congratulate you and all your workere working
Your
I know that this success h
for the, Government.
would not have been achieved, as you would be
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the first to admit, were it not for the support
of the people of Hong Kong. You are as aware
as I am of the vital necessity of ensuring that
by enlightened end social policies we should make
it as difficult as possible for those who seek
undermine the authority and object wes of your
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to subvert the Government, from achieving their
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aims you rightly say, the Communists may
have changed their methods, but their ultimate
objective of undermining the authority of the
Government remains unaltered.
need for constant vigilance.
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There is a
Communist
propaganda will continue to be directed at
deficiencies in the social services, both real
and alleged, and at other substantial problems
which, as you have rightly observed, need to be
remedied. I feel sure, however, that continued
steady social and economic progress, which
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