Registry No. HKK 13/4
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CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT DESPATCH
Type 1 +
To:-
His Excellency,
Sir,
Sir David Trench, GCMG,
From
A. W. Gaminara
Telephone No. & Ext.
HONG KONG.
MC,
Department
Hong Kong
I have the honour to refer to your despatch No.
470 of 23 April in which you reviewed the principal
developments that took place in Hong Kong during the
preceding-year/ 1969-70.
2. The sustained buoyancy in all sections of the
Colony's economy, as outlined in your despatch, is an
achievement for which, once again, I should like to
congratulate you and your Government. There could be
no more convincing proof of the strength of public
in the Colony's ability to confidence in Hong Kong under your leadership and - maintain its position and pay its way.
administration:
3. At the same time, I know that you will share my
view that there can be no grounds for complacency.
Although the communists gave relatively little trouble
appears
during the period under review, it seems likely that
their more militant cadres have now accepted the change
in policy from that of violence to a long-term ideol-
ogical campaign. It seems reasonable to expect,
therefore, that their energies will become more and
more concentrated on exploiting any real or alleged
shortcomings on the part of the administration in
dealing with those problems which most readily lend
themselves as material for communist propaganda and
for criticising the Government.
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