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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
17 Dec 1963 накір
Pensions Policy_7
Sr. L. Monson's
minute of 8/12/69 al- Bo)
а
Wle. Coater A. Stewart
Where in munte is
referred to at X in
para
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15/12.
R+PA
Runces Polis
We have warned 0.D.M. of the very firm views held on the
position of Hong Kong. They are producing a draft paper which
should reach us and the Treasury in the course of next week. I
suggest we wait to see this before telegraphing to Hong Kong. The
discussion in D.V.O. (0) or some other committee will not take
place before about 7 January.
2.
I had understood that we had two main preoccupations in
relation to Hong Kong: first, the possible effect on relations
with China; and second, that taking over responsibility for
pensions of "expatriate" officers would be a potentially open-
ended 'commitment when viewed against the possibility of a Chinese
take-over. I understand from the foregoing minutes that we need
not concern ourselves too much with the first problem and that,
on the second problem, we could envisage a scheme applied to
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/expatriate
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