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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 773 OF 10 OCTOBER

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FOR GOVERNOR FROM MURRAY.

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YOUR TELNOS 1173-1176 AND 1178: SPEECH TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

1175. 1. LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS HAS SEEN YOUR TELEGRAMS AND IS GRATEFUL 1776

FOR THIS ADVANCE SIGHT OF WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO SAY. HE ACCEPTS

GENERALLY THE LINE YOU ARE INTENDING TO TAKE. IT IS DISAPPOINTING

THAT YOU ARE NOT YET ABLE TO MAKE A FIRM COMMITMENT ON THE NEW SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME TO WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, MINISTERS ATTACH PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE. WE SHALL AWAIT FURTHER DETAILS OF THE

COMPLICATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELNO 1173

BEFORE COMMENTING FURTHER ON THIS. IN THE MEANTIME HE ENDORSES

YOUR PROPOSAL, TO TAKE THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR HONG KONG IN

THE 1980'S AS THE THEME FOR YOUR SPEECH.

OWEN

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HK & GD (6) OLA

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS

MR MURRAY

MR CORTAZZ I

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