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No. HKK 13/23

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Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted. Unclassified.

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In Confidence

CONFIDENTIAL

DRAFT Despatch

Type 1 +

To:-

From

His Excellency

Mr. Wilford

Sir David Trench, GCMG, MC,

Government House,

Hong Kong.

Telephone No. & Ext.

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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

1.

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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