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that the Pritish put their hands in Hong

Kong's pockets føxx★★ɛ and did not always

remember that they were governing Pong Kong

for the benefit of Hong Kong and not F.M.G.

There was no worry about such questions as

the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth

Office, but over lack of help with the tunnel,

for instance, until the French came on the

scene, and lack of help with dockyard

employment.

25.

Mr. Holmes said that the local people

felt that they got no help from the

metropolitan territory. This had perhaps

started with the Pritish protection of the

Lancashire cotton industry which had started

protectionism in textiles. Sir John

Cowperthwaite said that an example of lack

of confidence was the Pritish decision to

impose tarifs on textiles. People in

Hong Kong felt that they had been restricting

(received their exrorts for years and had no credit for

Other examples were the Common Market

it.

and sterling devaluation. Mr. Folmes said

there was a feeling that there relationship

special

frisadebie between Hong Kong and Pritain b

i did not mean that Fong Kong received any

Britain.

special treatment from Bettish

26.

frence.

Sir David Trench said that as against

all this there were things on the other side,

for instance, the presence of the garrison was appreciated and the events of 1967 had

brought this home.

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