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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1093 OF 4 NOVEMBER,]

1974

FOR HONG KONG AND INDIAN OCEAN DEPARTMENT.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 946 OF 1 NOVEMBER: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION.

SUGGESTED ANSWER WOULD BE IMPROVED BY SPECIFIC LINKING WITH MR. ENNALS' ANSWER TO SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME'S SUPPLEMENTARY ON 27 MARCH. PERHAPS THIS COULD BE DONE BY A SIMPLE PREFACE, E.G. ''AS MY RIGHT HONOURABLE FRIEND, THE MINISTER OF STATE MADE CLEAR ON 27 MARCH, WE HAVE NO

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2. WE SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE WORDING OF THE LAST SENTENCE FOLLOW THE LINE PROPOSED BY YOU IN PARAGRAPH 3(11) OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO 882 OF 14 OCTOBER, NAMELY THE SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT WILL OF COURSE BE THE SUBJECT OF CONSULTATION WITH THE HONG

KONG GOVERNMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE DEFENCE REVIEW''.

3. ANSWERS TO SUPPLEMENTARIES (A), (B), (C) AND (E) ARE

SATISFACTORY.

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