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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 49 OF 29 OCTOBER INFO F C O AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

YOUR TELNO. 38: NARCOTICS PROVISION ADDED TO US TRADE REFORM

BILL.

FOR MCGREGOR FROM BARROW.

SIMILAR PROVISIONS APPEARED IN THE SO-CALLED MILLS BILL OF 1970 AND THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY, AT THE INSTANCE OF CONGRESSMAN VANIK, CLAUSE 606 BECAME INSERTED INTO THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE VERSION OF THE TRADE REFORM BILL. HONG KONG WAS NOT A FACTOR,

2. THERE IS NO MANIFESTATION PRESENTLY DISCERNIBLE OF THE VIEWS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELNO. 38. LETTER FOLLOWS.

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