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carry conviction with the DOI/DOT unless it were backed up by detailed facts and figures. Even so, you might add, it would

be very difficult to persuade the DOI/DOT and, still more, British industry that Hong Kong's resources would not be enough to implement the Government's present programme unless the MFA were maintained in its present form.

10. Mr Jordan will be seeing Sir Peter Thornton at 3.30 pm on

He called on Mr Murray and myself on

Friday 11 February.

9 February.

11. Mr Luard will also be a guest at the luncheon and I am copying this brief to his PS.

11 February 1977

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JAB Stewart

copy:

PS/Mr Luard

Mr Murray

Mr Murray

Mr Stewart

2012

1. Mr Jordan was critical of the attitude of the Departments of

Trade and Industry and suggested that Hong Kong was being unfairly

treated. He spent much of his time however trying to justify the

point made in paragraph 11 of Hong Kong telegram No 131. I said

that we accepted that economic growth was important for Hong Kong

but I frankly did not believe that the kind of restrictions on

imports of Hong Kong textiles which might emerge could significantly effect economic growth. Still less could I accept that such

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/restrictions