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CONFIDENTIAL

you have in the

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Wonders

16.

But even where Hong Kong has to operate under

restraints in its trade with other countries, a

vast and profitable market still lies open to you.

And if the continued expansion of your exports

requires a conscious process of diversification, as

I believe it does, I am confident that Hong Kong

will meet this challenge with the enterprise,

ingenuity and the success for which it is famed.

17.

again

Let me say/how glad my wife and I are to

have had this all too short opportunity of visiting

you and of meeting those responsible for the direction

of your affairs. Even in this brief visit I am

seeing for myself a little of the development and

beauty of Hong Kong. This personal contact will

refresh me to do everything I can for you at home.

I wish you all every success and prosperity in

the new year.

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