TNAG-0621-FCO40-769-Budget-of-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 55

香港總督府

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Philip tells me he has made arrangements to ensure that copies of the budget and associated documents reach you quickly this year and I hope all goes well in this respect.

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Last year it emerged that there were criticisms in the FCO of the substance of the budget and it became dubbed as "regressive This pejorative and highly inaccurate term took root and proved damaging. I discovered that the whole thing was based on a misunderstanding by Laurence O'Keeffe.

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The object of this letter is to put in a plea that if criticisms of this pretty complicated document emerge, they are put to us for comment before they are submitted upwards. think such a procedure is only fair both to Ministers and ourselves. We would of course ensure that our comments were sent quickly so as not to hold up any review exercise in the FCO.

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