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TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG TELNO 140 CF 30 NOVEMBER. 1973

YOUR TELNO CREDA 144 AND YOUR LETTER OF 23 NOVEMBER TO MISS LOWNE:

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1. WE HOPE THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL THEMSELVES ENDORSE

OUR ACTIONS IN THEIR OWN INTEREST. WHILE WE ACCEPT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE SOMETHING, WE ARE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE POSITION

WERE THEY RECARD THE DEFENCE OF HMG AS BEING NO CONCERN OF THEIRS,

VE SHALL BE DISCUSSING THIS WITH JORDAN ON 32 NOVEMBER,

2. FOR YOU TO TAKE OVER THE DEFENCE OF THE UK POSITION AS SUGGESTED

BY JORDAN WOULD THEREFORE RUN COUNTER TO OUR UNDERLYING INTEREST.

WE SEE NO OBJECTION, HOWEVER, TO YOUR TAKING THE SAME LINE AS WE HAVE

ALREADY URGED ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE

BASE ANY COMMENTS ON OUR TELEGRAMS TO THE GOVERNOR NOS 1143 AND 1144

DOTH COPIED TO YOU.

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