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advse or finely balanced. In the latter case the involvement of
UMELCO, if this was emphasised in press reporting, would be
particularly embarrassing for us and could detract from the support which Unofficials are on record as giving to the agreement.
4. I do not think that we can do anything beyond following this
development closely. If the matter was to arouse public comment in Hong Kong I think it would be undesirable for the Hong Kong
Government to be seen to be actively defending UMELCO's decisions: hence the last two sentences of my telegram. We must as sume,
although the Governor does not respond on this point, that it has
been taken on board.
Azwał
A C Galsworthy
18 October 1984
Hong Kong Department
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