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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM YHONG KONG DATED 7 DECEMBER
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CHRISTIAN TELEGRAM NO. 014 OF 7 DECEMBER
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YOUR TEL ADDRESSED GOVERNOR HONG KONG 907 OF 4 DECEMBER.
1. A CONSIDERABLE HEAD OF STEAM BASED ON CONJECTURE IS ALREADY
BEING RAISED IN HONG KONG ON THIS ISSUE. AN EMOTIONAL OUTBURST
BY TEXTILE INDUSTRIALISTS AND PUBLICITY MEDIA SEEMS INEVITABLE
WHEN TERMS ARE ANNOUNCED. EDITORIAL IN TODAY'S INFLUENTIAL
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST CONCLUDES QUOTE WHITEHALL HAS MORE
THAN A MORAL OBLIGATION TO PROTECT HONG KONG FROM UNJUSTIFIED
TRADE RESTRICTIONS AND TO SAFEGUARD HER ECONOMIC STABILITY
AND THE LIVELIHOOD OF HER PEOPLE UNQUOTE. THIS THOUGHT IS ECHOED
IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE PRESS.
2. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR AN INDICATION OF THE ROLE TO BE
PLAYED BY THIS OFFICE WHEN ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE SINCE I SHALL BE
CALLED UPON FOR COMMENT BY THE PUBLICITY MEDIAS. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES ARE OBVIOUSLY INHIBITED FROM
PUTTING BRITISH VIEWPOINT WHICH APPEARS IN DANGER OF GOING BY
DEFAULT.
3. BACKGROUND GUIDANCE WHICH I COULD USE INCLUDING SYMPATHETIC
REFERENCE TO HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS AND A BELIEF IN HER ABILITY
TO OVERCOME THESE WOULD BE OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE IN ASSUAGING
CRITICISM.
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