TNAG-0379-FCO40-425-Sterling-assets-and-balance-of-payments-of-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 137

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Mr Stuart HK IOD

M. Holland

I would be grateful

for

STERLING AGREEMENTS AND HONG KONG

Your advice.

The

Treasing may well consider that this would be

pronature; but the more notice we can give the Govenor personally obronsly the bather

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Mr Royle has seen a copy of Mr Stuart's Act submission of 10 July and has asked if we could not z tell the Governor in confidence that the Treasury are considering terminating the Sterling Agreements all together in September (paragraph 3 of Mr Stuart's submission).

MR? Comert

MR J Guest

Private Secretary to Mr Anthony Royle

12 July 1973

Copied to:

Private Secretary

PS/PUS

Mr Wilford

Mr Holland

Mr Marshall Mr Lewty

The Stuart.

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My advice is that we should to tell the Invenor.

M. Marshall agrees.

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