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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret. Secret.

DRAFT

To:-

Confidential.

Humphrey Atkins,

Esq., M.P.,

House of Commons, S.W.1.

Type 1 +

From

122

Mr. Roberts

Telephone No. & Ext.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

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w. The

Copy to

Aur Guts

In Confidence

Parly Uurt.

And

Foodeed, Bundestand what hey have elready agreed to

accept youint for written resly on 9 May.

In my answer to your

Department

Supplementary Question in the House

on 5 May about the proposed tunnel

in Hong Kong, I promised to take note

of what you said and get in touch

with the Board of Trade about it.

The position is that the Foreign

and Commonwealth Office has

responsibility for the actions of the

Hong Kong Government, whereas the

Board of Trade is responsible for

ECGD.

of your questionn The phrasing) made it

appropriate for the FCO to answer;

but a question on ECGD policy

should be referred to the Board of

with key

Trade and I have confirmed

they would accept an appropriately

phrased question on this subject.