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(1)

Suggested amendments to WGE (70) 37

Para. 4, third line "an area of some three

hundred and sixty-five square miles";

(ii) Para. 4, line 5 "a substantial part of

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry...";

(iii) para. 4 line 10 "......China finds it

convenient and economically profitable

(a substantial part

between a third and

a half of China's foreign exchange

earnings......";

(iv)

para. 5 third line "rising expectations

(v)

(more than 50% of Hong Kong's population

under

are er 21 years of age)......";

para. 8, line three insert after "New

of

Zealand" "and/which some 50% are or can

claim to be citizens of the U.K. and

Colonies":

(vi)

para. 18, top line of page 8 to read

we are advised that it is possible !

that we may not legally be able to

retaliate on her behalf". (I understand

that legal views on this point are still

undecided);

(vii) you were going to look at the wording

of the reference to our UNCTAD offer at

the end of para. 20;

(viii) we suggest deleting the last sentence

but two of para. 24: except in conditions

under which Hong Kong declared U.D.I.

this would be impossible.

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