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On the ethnic minorities and wives and widows, there is little to report, as obviously the Hong Kong Government's position is nui under attack in these casės, The assurance is because we have clearly supported them.

a different matter and I-think both yourselves and- ourselves can feel justly aggrieved at the way the Home Secretary has raised and then dashed expectations, thus highlighting a sensitive area very close to essential JD emotions in Hong Kong.

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(Simon Vickers) Security Branch Hong Kong Government.

c.c. PS/GH

(Attn: Bowen Leung)

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