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Hong Kong Department

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

LONDON SW1

Sir Hugh Norman-Walker KCMG OBE Colonial Secretary HONG KONG

18 February 1972

he agreed last week that it would be best not to print David Trench's valedictory despatch. This is just to say Lat in the circumstances we do not propose to send you a formal

espatch in reply. We shall of course be considering Hong Kong's trading position later this year when we get down to detailed consideration of the various problems arising from the Un'a entry into the European Communities.

E O Laird

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