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ONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1925 OF 14 OCTOBER
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FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG:
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1. IN INFORMAL CONVERSATION WITH MILLS (LEADING THE HONG KONG DELEGATION IN BRUSSELS) ON 10 OCTOBER TRAN SAID HE HAD BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE QUOTE LOWER ORDERS UNQUOTE OF THE UK REPRESE- NTATION IN THE WORKING GROUP, WHO, HE SAID, WERE TAKING AN EXTRE- MELY HOSTILE LINE TOWARDS HONG KONG. TRAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNOR HAVING GONE DIRECT TO MINISTERS AND QUOTE GOT NOTHING OUT OF IT UNQUOTE, THE LOWER ORDERS IN THE UK REPRESENTATION FELT THAT THE LINE THEY HAD BEEN TAKING HAD BEEN VINDICATED AND WERE NOW EVEN MORE UNFAVOURABLY DISPOSED TOWARDS HONG KONG. HE ADDED THAT THE UK WAS PRESSING TO MAKE HIS (TRAN'S) AUGUST PROPOSALS FOR HONG KONG
TOUGHER STILL,
2. HE ALSO ALLEGED (AS HAS ANOTHER CONTACT) THAT AT ONE STAGE, IN THE WORKING GROUP, THE GERMANS HAD EXPRESSED ASTONISHMENT THAT A METROPOLITAN POWER COULD TREAT ITS COLONY SO BADLY.
3. TRAN HAS SAID SIMILAR THINGS BEFORE. HAVING YOUR ASSURANCES IN EG MY TALKS WITH MR DELL AND MR WILLIAMS) THAT ALLEGATIONS THAT BRITAIN HAS BEEN QUOTE LEADING THE PACK UNQUOTE AGAINST HONG KONG ARE UNTRUE, WE HAVE DISCOUNTED WHAT TRAN HAS SAID, AND HAVE NOT EVEN MENTIONED IT TO ANYONE ELSE.
4. BUT I THINK NOW THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW THE SORT OF THING TRAN HAS BEEN SAYING QUOTE IN CONFIDENCE UNQUOTE BECAUSE IF THESE. REMARKS BECAME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN HONG KONG, THEY WOULD BE BELIEVED BY MANY, AND SO EMBARKASS BOTH YOU AND US SEMI COLON AND BECAUSE, SINCE WE SHALL SOON HAVE OUR INDUSTRIAL ADVISERS IN BRUSSELS TO ADVISE OUR OFFICIAL DELEGATION, TRAN WILL EASILY BE ABLE TO FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEND THE EARS OF UNOFFICIALS IF
HE WISHES TO SOW DISCORD. UNQUOTE.
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