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CONFIDENTIAL

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ADVANCE COPY

Record of a meeting between the Foreign and Commonwealth

Secretary and the members of the Executive and Legislative

Councils, Hong Kong at 11.20a.m. on Sunday, 19 April, 1970

Present:

The Rt. Hon. Michael Stewart, M.P. Sir Denis Greenhill

Mr. James Wellbeloved Mr. James Murray Mr.J.A.N. Graham

The Hon. Sir Albert Rodrigues The Hon. Sir Cho-yiu Kwan

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The Hon., J.D. Clague The Hon. Fung Ping-fan The Hon. S.S. Gordon

The Hon.Y.K. Kan,

The Hon. J.A.H. Saunders

The Hon.. Tang Ping-yuan

The Hon. Fung Hon-chu The Hon. Tse Yu-chuen The Hon.K.A. Watson The Hon. Woo Pak-chuen The Hon. Szeto Wai

The Hon. Wilfred Wong Sien-bing The Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-piu::

The Hon. Wilson T.S. Wang

The Hon. H.J.C. Browne

Dr. The Hon. Chung Sze-yuen

The Hon. M.A.R. Herries The on. Lee Quo-wei

British/Hong Kong trade

22. Mr. Clague said that he thought that British trade was losing

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

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into the J.K

23. Mr. Browne said that he was concerned about the entry/ef textiles

from Portugal on more favourable terms than Hong Kong enjoyed.

IN

1/KK 6/528/1

K. 271:

PA pleante.

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