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..In Confidence

DRAFT

LETTER

To:-

Type 1 +

From

J. H. Hamm, Esq., Chairman,

Hong Kong Association, Broad Street House,

54 Old Broad Street, E.C.2.

Mr. Barber

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Thank you for your letter of 10 July.

I was

very glad to have an early statement of the views of

your Association on Hong Kong's position in our

neogitations for entry to the European Communities,

and your kind offer of assistance.

The Government is of course very conscious of

the problems of Hong Kong as a dependent territory

of the U.K., and will be bearing them in mind during

the forthcoming negotiations.

I should be glad to have an opportunity to meet

you, as you suggest in your letter, to discuss this

question and to hear your views on the problems raised

for Hong Kong. However, at present, as you will

imagine, my programme is a very busy one and I fear

| I man,

I must ask you to defer a meeting until the autumn.

I will get in touch with you in September in order

to fix a date for such a meeting.