TNAG-0752-FCO40-956-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 260

P Faulkner Esa British High Commission

HKK ouoll.

OTTAWA

233-4377

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4 January 1978

1.

Would you please refer to your letter HO 14/1 of 9 December enclosing a copy of a letter from the Export Development Corporation.

2. As you rightly say, the letter poses an extremely wide ranging series of questions on the status and future of Hong Kong. A number of these (primarily the historical ones) Research Department are looking into but on the remainder I would welcome the views of David Wilson in Hong Kong. I am therefore copying this letter to him with a copy of the Corporation's letter.

3. I should be grateful if you would let the Corporation know that we will be replying substantively as soon as possible.

J Thompson

cc: Dr D C Wilson (Political Adviser, Hong Kong)

sc: Ms Pares (Research Department)