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Mr. Royle asked Mr. Heath and myself last week to7
do what we could to push through the delegation of
authority to Hong Kong by the end of this week.
2. The Board of Trade have agreed to the terms of our
proposed submission subject to a few comparatively minor
amendments, but we have managed to obtain only the qualified approval of Mintech. Pending the return from leave next week of Mr. Carey, their Under-Secretary
concerned, they have suggested we suspend action on the
delegation at least until we have the results of the Four-Power talks (fixed for 27 July) and can form a
better judgment of the effect of Hong Kong's pursuing
independently the course of action the Governor recently
proposed. However, we have their agreement to a watered-
down form of delegation and I think it likely that we
shall be able to get back to our form of words unless
something extraordinary happens at the meeting on the
27th.
17 July, 1970
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Zaria,
(E. 0. Laird)
Hong Kong Department
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