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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO.207 OF 26 FEBRUARY, 1973.
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM WILFORD.
ANNUAL DESPATCH.
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FULLOWING IS THE SUGGESTED REVISED VERSION OF PARA 20, BEGINS.
ONE THING ABOUT THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN. THE TWO TOWERING PERSONALITIES THAT DIRECT THE PRESENT HIGHLY IDIOSYNCRATIC REGIME IN CHINA WILL HAVE GONE WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
WHAT CHINA WILL THEN DE LIKE. TANY THINGS COULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD
MAKE RELATIONS EASIER. FOR INSTANCE, STANDARDS OF LIVING AND THE
SEVERITY AND ODDITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN CHINA MIGHT SOFTEN
AND NORMALISE. BUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE DETERMINED BY
CONSIDERATIONS OVER WHICH HONG KONG ITSELF HAS NO CONTROL. IT
SEEMS TO KE THAT THE BEST CONTRIBUTION IT CAN MAKE MEANWHILE
16 TO PUT ITS OWN HOUSE IN ORDER: THAT IS TO SAY TO BECOME AS
PROSPEROUS AND COHESIVE AND CONTENTED AND AS FREE FROM LEGITIMATE
POINTS OF CRITICISM AS POSSIBLE. I BELIEVE SUCH A POLICY IS BEST
SUITED TO THE LONG TERM AS WELL AS THE SHORT TERM INTERESTS OF THE INHABITANTS, AS WELL AS BEING THE ONE PRESUMABLY MOST ACCEPTABLE TO THE BRITISH COVERIMENT. I THINK WE HAVE TIME TO ACHIEVE THIS HAPPIER STATE, BUT ONLY JUST, THIS MUST THEREFORE BE A GOVERNMENT IN A HURRY. ENDS.
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