FUTURE OF HONG KONG : LABOUR GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON HMG'S COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG
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Lord Beswick, Parliamentary Under Secretary, Commonwealth Office, in the House of Lords in 1967:
'This fascinating and dynamic Colony is our undoubted
it is our intention to maintain
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our position and our authority in Hong Kong'.
Miss Joan Lestor, Parliamentary Under Secretary, FCO on February 1974:
'HMG has no intention of abandoning Hong Kong'.
Lord Goronwy Roberts, Minister of State, FCO on 1 April 1976:
'HMG will continue to administer the Territory in the interests of those who live there.'
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