TNAG-0392-FCO40-438-Discussions-on-textiles-and-commercial-subjects-between-offi-1973 — Page 13

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RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE PARLIAMENTARY

UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN

AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS AND

MR D H JORDAN HELD AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON MONDAY 10 DECEMBER 1973 AT 3 P M

Present

Mr A Royle MP

Mr D H Jordan

Mr M A Goodfellow

Mr L G Davies

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Mr Jordan said he

1. After welcoming Mr Jordan, Mr Royle asked whether there was

much anti-British feeling in Hong Kong and whether people there

realised the pressures on the UK Government.

thought the majority did not. Mr Royle said it would be a great

help if senior Hong Kong Civil Servants explained the problems

and pressures that influenced the formulation of British policy.

Although within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office there was a

wide feeling of support for Hong Kong, other departments in

Whitehall were subject to quite different pressures and these

had to be taken into consideration. Mr Jordan acknowledged that

it was important for the Hong Kong Government to retain

credibility vis-à-vis Her Majesty's Government.

2. Mr Royle said it was his impression that in the commercial

field, particularly textiles, Hong Kong industrialists cried

wolf too often. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office found itself

supporting a given line because according to Hong Kong interests

Often it did not prove so and Hong Kong

this was essential.

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