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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELO 911 OF

3 AUGUST 1978)

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YOUR TELNO 894: CRYER.

FORTUNATELY CRYER'S REMARKS HAVE NOT YET BEEN PICKED UP BY THE

LOCAL PRESS.

2. WE ARE STILL AWAITING A REPLY TO MY TELNO 945 TO THE FCO

(REPEATED TO YOU). I DO NOT THINK WE NEED TAKE ANY FURTHER

ACTION AT PRESENT. IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT A PUBLIC

RETRACTION. THE BEST WE CAN HOPE FOR IS TO PREVENT CRYER MAKING

SIMILAR REMARKS IN FUTURE. WE WOULD HOWEVER LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS' LETTER WHICH, I ASSUME, WILL ALSO BE SENT

TO US BY THE FCO.

3. MEANWHILE WE WILL LOOK AT THE FIGURES FOR CUTLERY EXPORTS

FROM HONG KONG TO THE UK AND SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANY ADVANTAGE

IN PRODUCING MATERIAL FOR THE STUDY MENTIONED IN YOUR PARA 5.

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