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allow us to open an office in Shanghai. Even when we had been there
the Chinese had never recognized its status. There was a Consulate in
Peking and it did not seem that a Consulate in Shanghai would achieve
better access than he was, able to do. Mr. Saunders commented that he
took a different view.
21.
Mr. Clague asked about relations with China. Mr. Stewart said
that they were easier than in 1967. The detention of seven British
subjects by the Chinese was in our view unjustifiable, but political
relations were easier and economically there had definitely been some
improvement. We were trying to work gradually for an improvement and he
had resisted pressure for reprisals, partly because there was no effective!
reprisal, but more particularly because he thought it was the wrong way
to proceed. Did Hong Kong think that we took too easy a view?
The meeting agreed that it was right to work slowly for a general
improvement.
British/Hong Kong trade
22. Mr Clague said that he thought that British trade was losing
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ground in Hong Kong because Britain had taken the Hong Kong market too
much for granted. This was changing and Britain was doing better now.
Mr. Herries agreed
into the U.K 23. Mr. Browne said that he was concerned about the entry/of textiles
from Portugal on more favourable terms than Hong Kong enjoyed.
24. The Polytechnic
Sir Albert Rodrigues said that there were plans for a polytechnic
and Hong Kong would welcome offers for equipment from Britain.
Dr. Chung added that they had received many offers from other countries
graduates.
and this was not merely charity; grã£â££xxx from the polytechnic would
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in a few years be buyers from their firms and would be prejudiced in
favour of machinery on which they themselves had learned their trades.
25. The meeting then adformed.
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