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RE

212A

Sir D.

D. Watson

HONG KONG STERLING BALANCES

FKK J

1.

Mr. Royle has seen a copy of your minute of 14 November to Mr. Marshall and has said that he too wonders why the Guardian should publish an article like that in their

14 November edition, since the steam seems to have been taken out of the sterling balances problem. Sterling was not mentioned at the 14 November meeting of the Hong Kong Parlia- mentary Group.

buti Gurt

16 November, 1973

M. R. J. Guest

cc. to: Mr. P. H. R. Marshall

Mr. Youde

Mr. Stuart

Musumant As

I doubt I spifically. But of

there is

aything

we can do about this

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contact in the Guardian,

I will certaing hy is probe why they

running

this

Hong Kong have.

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