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CONFIDENTIAL

18. How can we put some drive into those departments that are

notoriously sluggish?

19. How seriously do we need to take the demands by a few people

Is it only the expatriates and

for more say in Government?

the lunatic fringe?

20. How far can and should we go to meet these demands? What

can be done in that direction in the Urban Council, the

Legislative Council and the Executive Council?

21. What can be done to change the work of the Finance Committee

which appears to all the other parts of the Government as a

fierce dragon guarding the Government's precious and scarce

supply of funds?

22. Is there any point in thinking of enlarging the franchise for

the Urban Council or having elections for the Legislative

Council or are the likely reactions of China too worrying?

23. Are we doing all we should to promote officials of Chinese

race?

24. Are any improvements possible in the machinery for controlling

emergency situations?

D.

External

25. Is there anything we can do to improve relations with China,

e.g. by releasing prisoners, by being tougher with Taiwan or

with the Americans?

26. What more can we do on the external commercial side to prdect

our markets or to switch to other markets or commodities?

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