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RECORD OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

SECRETARY AND THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HELD AT THE FOREIGN

AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON FRIDAY 11 APRIL 1975 AT 11.30 A.M.

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The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan MP

Mr P L O'Keeffe CVO

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HE Sir Murray MacLehose KCMG HRE

Mr T McNally

Mr R N Dales

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POLITICAL ATTITUDES IN THE UK

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Mr Callaghan said that the reputation of Hong Kong did not stand particularly high in the Labour movement generally in the United Kingdom. Mr McNally added that criticism seemed focussed on three issues: the compatibility of Hong Kong's labour legislation with the Conventions of the ILO; the low wage rates for Hong Kong gonmen which attracted the attention of our own National Union of Boumon; and the social composition of the Legislative Council which some elements of the Labour Party considered to be too narrowly based.

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