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your letters
of the 15th and 19" January
about pohtical parties and
hoblical
advance
in Hong Kong.
realise
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that the construtivational arrangements
in Hong Kong
do not provide
The environment
in which poklical
parties (as
we
know them) can
De develop
and Ihrive.
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full appreciation
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to Governor, HK.
with ref. to (218) on
FED) 175/4007010
the complication's to which you
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political
we
refer and adrance which these impose,
shall
in due
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