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required to consult, much less coordinate, its line with us. The de

facto position could be enforced by a confidential administrative

arrangement formally entrusting the Governor of Hong Kong with the

conduct of Hong Kong's external commercial relations and of other matters provided for in the GATT and the CCC.

20 May 1985

A C Galsworthy

Hong Kong Department

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