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6.1.1976.

CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR, HONG KONG.

FOR WILLIAMS FROM KIDD.

FABIAN SOCIETY WILL PUBLISH LATER THIS MONTH PAMPHLET

ENTITLED QUOTE HONG KONG: BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY UNQUOTE,

BY JOE ENGLAND, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-

MURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF WARWICK.

2.

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WE HAVE OBTAINED PROOF COPY FROM THE FABIAN SOCIETY

ON

то

AND WE HAVE GIVEN AN UNDERTAKING THAT WE WILL TREAT IT AS

SOMETINIE

CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL PUBLICATION DATE AFTER MID-JANUARY BUT

WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALLY FIXED.

3.

TWO COPIES HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED UNDER PERSONAL

WITH

SENIOR COVER TO YOU BY HAND OF MR. A.A. THOMPSON, PWD ELECTRICAL

ENGINEER, LEAVING LONDON 7 JANUARY BY BA920. HE EXPECTS

YOU TO ARRANGE TO COLLECT FROM HIM. I WILL BRING FURTHER

COPIES WITH ME WHEN I ARRIVE ON 10 JANUARY.

4.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO LET YOU HAVE SUMMARY

OF PAMPHLET, IN THE MEANTIME, TO GIVE YOU AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY

TO PROVIDE REACTIONS TO FCO IN ANTICIPATION OF POST-PUBLICATION

PUBLICITY AND P.Q's.

A 5.//

PAMPHLET IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE CHAPTERS WITH

FOLLOWING HEADINGS:

1.

THIS VERY PECULIAR PLACE

2.

BRITAIN IN CHINA

3.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

4.

WHY DOES CHINA STAND BY?

5. WHAT CAN BE DONE?

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