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4. AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF OTHERWISE FAVOURABLE REACT ON TO THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S RECENT ECONOMIC MEASURES (MY TELNO 1537), THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL (INDEPENDENT) TODAY CARRIED AN EDITOR HAL

CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SACRIFICING ITS ECONOMIC QUOTE

PRINCIPLES UNQUOTE UNDER PRESSURE FROM CHINA BY DEPLETING ITS

EXCHANGE FUND RESERVES TO THE DETRIMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRY AND

COMMERCE.

HADDON-CAVE

:

LEGAL ADVISER

LEGAL ADVISER

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

COPIES TO

LIMITED

SIR IAN SINCLAIR

MR BURROWS

HD/HKD

HD/FED

MR ROBERIES

NEWS D

HD/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARLION

ED/PUSD

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR FLOWER

PS/MR LUCE

MR COLES

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGHT

2

STR A PARSONS

MR WALKER

ASSESSMENTS STAFF

CABINET OFFICE

FUSD

NO 10 DOWNING STREET

NO 10 DOWNING STREET

RESEARCH D OAB 2/82

MR GOODALL, CABINET OFFICE

SIR PHILIP MOORE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE

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