DSR 11 (Revised)
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..In Confidence
SUBJECT:
SIR Y-K PAO
1. I enclose copies of a self-explanatory letter from
Sir Y-K Pao about the Prime Minister launching one of
his ships in Shanghai and our proposed reply. I would
will
be grateful for your approval. You will see that we have
not gone beyond what the Prime Minister herself told
Sir Y-K on 17 July (a note of the meeting is enclosed).
The idea has its attractions, though these need to be
weighed against the effect of the Prime Minister being
seen to give support to a commercial rival of the UK
shipyards. In any case before taking the idea any
further we should need to consult HM Ambassador in Peking
and the Governor of Hong Kong both about its
practicability and its political desirability in local
terms.
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