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terms.

If this letter produced no result,

Mr Foggon said that it would be possible for

the Union to inform the Department of Labour

that a trade dispute existed and ask them to

arrange for a Conciliation Court to be set up

to settle the dispute,

Mr Jenkins asked/whether the Foreign and

Commonwealth Office could support his applic-

ation to HAECO/and he was told that the Hong

Kong Government would, of course, be informed

of the situation, although it would not be

possible for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

to dićtate to the Hong Kong Government in this

maxter.