GRS 220
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 0710002
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RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No. 50
10 MAR 1975
HKK 3/548/2
TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 243 OF 7 MARCH
REFORM CLUB MEMORANDUM.
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SUGGESTED PERSONAL REPLY BY THE MINISTER TO BERNACCHI.
2. ''THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF THE 16 JANUARY, ENCLOSING THE MEMORANDUM WHICH THE REFORM CLUB PROPOSED TO ISSUE.
3. I HAVE, OF COURSE, CONSULTED THE GOVERNOR ON THIS MEMORANDUM AND MY REPLY TO IT WILL BE SENT TO THE REFORM CLUB THROUGH THE
GOVERNOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
4. IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AND YOUR FELLOW URBAN COUNCILLORS DURING MY RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG AND TO SEE SOME- THING OF THE EXCELLENT WORK WHICH YOU ARE ALL DOING.
5. MY WIFE HAS ASKED ME TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATED HER ALL TOO SHORT DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT DRUG ADDICTION AND
TREATMENT.
6. I WISH THAT I HAD HAD MORE TIME DURING MY VISIT TO LOOK INTO THE VITAL QUESTIONS OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE DRUG TRAFFIC AND
THE TREATMENT OF ITS VICTIMS.
7. HOWEVER, THERE WILL, I HOPE, DE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AND I ALREADY KNOW HOW MUCH THE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTS
IN HONG KONG DEPENDS ON THE DEVOTED WORK OF BODIES SUCH AS
SARDA AND OF PERSONS LIKE YOURSELF''.
MACLEHOSE
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