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Registry No. HKK 6/18
SECURITY CLASSIFICAŢION
DRAFT LETTER
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Confidential.
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PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
To:-
W. Hughes, Esq.,
Board of Trade.
Type 1+ wili (4)
From
Sir Leslie Monson
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Michael Wilford had a further meeting with David Trench (who was back in London for a short time before returning to Hong Kong) at which they resumed discussion of the draft document which emerged from our own meeting with Trench on 26 November about the conduct of Hong Kong's commercial relations. Notice of this occasion was somewhat short and we did not feel justified in asking if you wished to attend yourself or to send a representative. Moreover we rather hoped that no matter of enough substance to make this necessary would arise.
Trench was armed with the telegraphic comments of his officials which, as I told you in my letter of 2 December, he had asked us to obtain. As a result we now propose amendments to paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the original text, and the addition of a new paragraph 8 (with consequent renumbering of the remaining paragraphs). These amendments and additions are reflected in the attached revised text of our document (where they have been underlined).
The suggested amendment to paragraph 1 takes some. account although not as much as Hong Kong would like of the view that where there is a difference of opinion between the Hong Kong Government and ourselves about how the Colony's interests can best be served Hong Kong's views should normally prevail. In the case of paragraph 3 the final sentence which we suggest might be inserted does no more than leave the choice of venue (for negotiations where British international commercial policy is not involved) for decision between
Hong Kong and the third party concerned.
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