I mentioned on the telephone last Tuesday (May 4) that I had a matter to bring to your personal attention and have taken up your offer to send it direct to you.
I have in my possession a copy of the proposed speech by Mr. R.C. Lee which he intends to give in Frankfurt. It was shown to me by a contact whose advice was sought by, the speaker on possible questions, both from the floor and from media representatives present. If it were known that the Government, through me, had a copy of the specch it would be very easy to trace from where it came and I therefore ask for the usual caution in handling this information.
In the lecture, the speaker traces relationships between Hong Kong and ina and Great Britain and China since the war. There is nothing exceptional in his review, but he highlights such things as Zhou En Lai's decision to allow Hong Kong's tankers to enter the Pearl River to collect fresh water in 1963. He comes down fairly hard on Britain and what he calls "the shortsightedness of the former Colonial Cadet Offloors and to the policy of the then Colonial Office".
Ci: Jack Cater, K.B.E., Commissioner,
Hong Kong Government Office,
1. Grafton Street,
LONDON WIX JLB.
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