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Record of a Meeting between the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and the Governor of Hong Kong in Government House at 10.00 a.m. on Sunday, 19 April.
The Rt. Hon.
Present
H.E. Sir David Trench
Michael Stewart, M.P. Huge-General
Sir Denis Greenhil1
Mr. J. Wellbeloved, M.P.
Mr. James Murray
Mr. J.A.N. Graham
Miss E. Booker
Mr. N.J. Barrington
Sir Basil Eugster (Cdr.
British Forces)
Sir Hugh Norman-Walker
(Colonial Secretary)
Mr.TĒRoberts (Attorney-Gen.)
Mr.D. Holmes (Home Secretary for Home Affairs)
Sir John Cowperthwaite (Finance Secretary)
Mr.C-PSutcliffe (Commissioner
of Police)
Mr. A. Todd (Defence Secretary)
BR.A.F.
Mr. A.¡Maddocks (Political
Adviser)
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Internal Security
Sir David Trench said that the Communists
Fold
in the
Colony had been able to lie low and broaden the base
of their support. They had made some progress in sectias
of the Trade Union movement, in the Transport companies
12.5% of the children
and in the port. Only school were under their
The estimated treaderthip of the communist control. There was less Communist influence in the newspaper was slightly less than
press than before 1967 and their efforts in cultural
WERE
activities with in disarray. In banking and commercial
life they behaved like good capitalists and made as much
money as they could.
2.
were
The Communist tactics was to distort the facts
about, and exacerbate any difficulties which arose in
Hong Kong, such as increases in bus fares.
Administration and economy
3. Sir David Trench said that the confrontation with
the Communists in 1967 had meant some loss of momentum in
the conduct of the ordinary business of governmet.
pushing forward reforms in the Administration.
In
1968 the files had been dusted and thegehad been a
/movement
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