TNAG-0459-FCO40-524-Visit-of-London-Chamber-of-Commerce-Trade-Mission-to-Hong-Ko-1974 — Page 11

On the other points in your earlier letter, I

have seen Antony Fart's reply of 15 November which

covers the questions of interest to the DTI. On

our side there is one outstanding point the

location of Tom Aston's offices. Unfortunately the

idea of a move has had to be turned down for

financial reasons.

This decision was taken even

before the latest cuts. It is now probably

irreversible.

I fear all this sounds rather negative. But I

am very grateful to you for your detailed interest

her us in Hong Kong. There are certainly problems, there,

out of all proportion to the Colony's size. You

will probably have heard the disappointing news that

the Hong Kong Government have decided to negotiate

only with the Japanese to build their new under-

ground railway. But with a good FCO team on the

ground I believe we can keep the relationship with

Hong Kong under reasonable control.

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