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Mr Morgan (Far Easter Department)
Mr Brewer (Research
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DRAFT
MINUTE
To: Mr Wilford
Positini Goran
adven
Type 1 +
From
E O Laird
Telephone No. & Ext.
of Chinese Peoples
about constitution in King Kang
как
Department
Hong Kong
1. In your minute of 3 May you asked me to find out
whether there are any statements on the record by the
Chinese about their attitude in relation to
constitutional advance in Hong Kong.
2.
We have consulted both Far Eastern Department and
Research Department and the following is the result of
our combined researches: -
A
(a) The following is
an
Extr
tract from a note by
his
Lieutenant Colonel Cantlie on an interview
that he had with Chou En-lai in Peking on
30 January 1958:
"With regard to Hong Kong there was an
important point he ( Chou En-lai) wished
to put forward personally to Mr MacMillan, or
At least to his deputy. A plot, or
conspiracy, was being hatched to make Hong
Kong a self-governing Dominion like
Singapore.
This had the approval of several
members of the British and Hong Kong
Governments.
He wished Mr MacMillan to know
that China would regard any move towards
Dominion status as a very unfriendly act.
China wished the present colonial status of
Hong Kong to continue with no change
whatever.
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