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Confidential

Reference...

Mr. Baillie (F.P.A.))

Overseas Pensions Policy.

15

Your minute of the 4" Fehrmany to

12

No. Faridough. G

suggest that we

ought to spell ant more

P.U.S.

Jully for the

What are

The implication's

of Hong Kong tel. No. 78.

2. S

put forward the following

passage

for inclusion in substitution

з

The last sentence of

The

Second

paragraph (which beams

The Governor

ら

of the opinion

"):

The Garannor concludes

that

any change in

our present pathey would

raise embarrassing problems, particulenty

in relation to the Hong Kong Public

Service (both local

elements) and

view,

expatriate

has expressed the

as an initial reaction, that Hong Kong should be omulted from The takeover, whatever it's scope. On The other hand, the specific exclusion of Hong Kong from any scheme which included the other dependent teritories (for reasons which could hardly be revealed) would be criticised

publicly

as

yet another wiccation