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SIGNALS RELATING TO HONG KONG
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FO Mr. A. de la Kaj
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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (O.A.0.)
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D. 20 July 1967
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PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
No.1073
Following for Hong Kong Chinese Liaison Office repeated to Hong Kong London Office (please pass to both).
Information from local sources in touch with Chinese restaurants in U.K. suggests that restaurants are not being patronised because of public disapproval of Chinese Government's attitude over Hong Kong situation and 111-treatment of British diplomats. Grateful for your
views on this immediate.
2.
We are now urgently preparing poster for display in Chinese restaurants in U.K. to get across the idea that the restaurants are run by loyal Hong Kong Chinese. Please say whether you think this will help and how many copies you will need.
3.
We might also be able to get BBC representatives here to get over to the British public the loyalty of Hong Kong people and in particular the importance to New Territories people of remittances flowing back from workers employed in Chinese restaurants.
4. Would also like your views on this proposal earliest.
Distribution
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H.K. W.I.D. 'C'
Copies also sent to:
Mr. H.T. Woo,
Hong Kong Government Students office,
Abbey House,
2/8 Victoria Street,
Mr. P. Sedgwick,
S.W.1.
Hong Kong Government Office,
54, Pall Mall,
S.W.1.
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Abbey House,
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Mr. P. Sedgwick,
Hong Kong Government Office,
54, Pall Mall,
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3.
You will recall that at the meeting on 12 July of the Under-Secretary'a Committee on Hong Kong it was agreed to set up a Working Group under my Chairmanship to coordinate the activities of Government Departments dealing with Information material on Hong Kong.
I attach a note on the first meeting which was held on 17 July.
2. The meeting felt the need to report its establishment to the Hong Kong Government enclosing copies of the Annexes and inviting their views. In particular it would be useful to know:
(a) whether the Hong Kong Government agree with the
division of effort between Hong Kong and London;
(b) in what way liaison could be improved between the two groups and whether Mr. Rivett-Carnac would be suitable for this role;
(c) whether we have an accurate picture of the.
Information arrangements in Hong Kong.
The meeting also thought that it would be worth while sending a circular letter to posts on the lines of the attached draft informing them of the establishment of the Group and requesting their co-operation.
4. I should add that the about its role and status. should have a reviewing and clearing house for ideas. decisions or interfere with chains of command.
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(J. H. Peck) 21 July, 1967.
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WORKING GROUP ON HONG KONG.
Note of a meeting held in Riverwalk House on Monday 17 July, 1967 under the chairmanship of Mr. J.H. Feck.
Prevent:-
Mr. J.P. Denson
Mr. A... Gaminara
Mr. G.. Littlejohn-Cook
Mr. W. Carrocher
Col. Wilde
Mr. 1.3. Crook
Mr. C. Wilson
Far Eastern Dopt.
Hong Kong and West India Dept. J.I.T.G.D.
News Dept. C.R.O.
Ministry of Defence.
I.R.D. I.R.D.
The Under 2. The Chairman explained the origins of the group. Secretary's Committee on Hong Kong had instructed him to establish a working up to coordinate the activities of all government
It was departments bandling information material on Hong Kang. not intended that the committee should constitute a new executive unit, but it would discuss operational themes and make recomment-
The object dations for netion to the appropriate departments.
of the group would be to concentrate on the targote outside Hong Kong while supporting the work of the Hong Kong Government Information Services. He proposed that the purpose of the first meeting won to decide the targets of the information effort, both inside and outside Hong Kong; to examine the existing information
and to review the manchinery; to decide the themas to be exploited; aources of the material to illustrate these themes. Subsequently in reply to a queution from Col. Wilde it was agreed that policy guidance would be formulated not by the Committee but by the IRD) and F.0. loliticial Departments.
I. EXISTING MACHINERY - UK.
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3. The paper reproduced as Annex A wan circulated with the comment that departments were of 3 types:- those concerned only with producing information, those producing information and feeding; it to outside contacts, and purely executive departments.
EXISTING MACHINERY - HONG KONG.
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4. The paper reproduced at Annex B was circulated with the comment that it had been prepared after discussion with Mr. Elliott the Political Advisor. Information work devolved mainly on the Hong Kong Government Information Services, which had daily meetinga under the chairwanhip of the Colonial Secretary.
THIS IS A COPY
THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN RETAINED
IN THE DEPARTMENT UN
ECTION
3(4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1958
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Không
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2.
6. It was agreed that the Hong Kong Government n'ould be urged to call on the R.1.0's resources without hesitation and that Mr. Smith should be informed that this had been donɛ.
Analysis of Targets.
7.
The targets in Annexes A and B wero agreed and in discussion the Chairman pointed out the importance of convincing S.E. Asian Governments of the Hong Kong Governments intention to maintain law and order.
It was also important to detach the Overseas thereby manunging from the dances Chinese communities from their allegiance to the Peking Government thereby minimising Communist Chinese influence. Youth in Hong
Kong was a important target in view of the large number of young people in the colony's population.
8. It was agreed that the targets of the working group should also include Commonwealth and friendly foreign governments, insofar as information work in these quarters was not covered on the political not.
Fropaganda Themes.
9. The list of propaganda themes at Annex C was circulated and agreed. In discussion it was pointed out that the argument about the dependance of China on foreign exchange earned through Hong Kong should be used carefully since studies in hand suggested that the Chinese would continue to earn half this amount if they annexed Hong Kong.
ORGANISATIONAL PROBLEMS.
10. The meeting considered the use of Hong Kong Government offices ag an information outlet. It was pointed out that there were few of these offices and that they were primarily concerned with trade promotion but there was nothing to prevent B.I.S anywhere from helping Hong Kong Government offices or putting out information on the Colony.
11. Channels of communication with the llong Kong Government were felt to be inadequate at present but Mr. Rivett-Carnac was said to be fully aware of this. He was proposing to take immediate steps to ensure a free flow of information on his arrival in Hong Kong. It was thought particularly important that frae acccss to all the facts should be available to someone who would*
A further problem thus have an overall picture of the situation.
to be solved was that of communication between Mr. Rivett-Carnac and London, in view of the unclear nature of his terms of reference. As an employee of the Hong Kong Government there were constitutional difficulties in Mr. Rivett-Carnac corresponding directly with the Foreign Office.
CONCLUSIONS.
SECRET.
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CONCLUSIONS.
It was agreed that:
SECRET.
3.
1.
The group should meet periodically.
2.
The discussion should be reported to Sir. Arthur Galsworthy who might be invited to send the report to the Hong Kong Government for their comments.
3. A circular letter should be sent to posts informing them of the establishment of the group.
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It has been decided to get up a Working
Group in London to coordinate the pork of
Departments concerned with the handling of
Information material designed to strengthen
the position of the Hong Kong Government.
The Group will study the problema posed by
the threat of Chinese subversion in Hong Kong
and make reco...aendations for countering it in
the Information field. The Group does not
constitute a new executive body nor will it
displace the normal channels through which
information is sent to the appropriate
Departments in Whitehall.
be
The Group will
bc chaired by John Peck, the Under-Secretary
responsible for J.I.R.D.
2. It now appears that the Chinese leadership
have decided upon a long term strategy of
harassment and intimidation in Hong Kong while
its supporters establish and expand their
basis of support. A long drawn out campaign
of this kind could clearly pose a serious
threat to the confidence of Hong Kong's trading
partners in its economic viability and to
Hong Kong's neighbours in South East Asia who
are watching to see whether the Hong Kong
Government intends to take a firm atand against
Chinese subversive activities. In these
circumstances it was felt that although the
existing publicity arrangements in Hong Kong
/were
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were adequate for local operational requirements they could not deal with major targets of
interest outside the colony. In order to ensure
4
widest dissemination of information about
developments in Hong Kong and a speedy reaction
through Information channels, it was decided that
there was a need for a body in London to
coordinate operational ideas and propaganda
themes.
3. As a first step, the Working Group has
established the Departmental framework within
which it will operate. A diagrammatic
description is enclosed at Appendix A. The
main targets outside Hong Kong for which it was
felt the working group in London would be the
most effective channel are:-
(1) Neighbouring Countries (pro and anti) in
South East Asia:
(11) The Overseas Chinese in South East Asia.
(111) Other countries of commercial importance
to Hong Kong:
(iv) The Press and business community in the
U.K.:
(v)
4.
5.
Commonwealth and other friendly Governments:
In Hong Kong itself the main targets are:
(1) Chinese Communists in Hong Kong.
(11) Chinese Non-Communists in Hong Kong.
(111) Business Community in Hong Kong.
(iv) Youth in Hong Kong.
A list of suggested propaganda themes of
general and special application are contained in
B
Appendix. This is not intended to be an
exclusive list but indicates the lines along
which the Group is thinking.
We should be
/grateful
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mateful for ony wldili mal megert lope which
porla may have for themes or operations
app priate to their prean,
Additional
material which you think would be of use to
the work of the droup in support of any of
the themes augrested would also be useful,
e.g., Editorial comment in local newspapers or otatements by senior Government officials
Tavourable to Hong Kong.
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YORKIING OROLD ON HONGKONG.
SECRET
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Min. Defence
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GROUP
TARGETS:
1. Feighbouring countri
(Pro and anti) in Overseas Chinese
3. Other countries of
ercial importance to
Hongkon
Press and Business
in the U.K
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London
Publications
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News Depts.
Press
Commercial conte
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British and Foreign
U.X. Iress & other
Channels.
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J‚I.I.G.D., C.O.Iq
Redto T.V.
Correspondents.
Publications.
Note:
- Information Producing depertuents.
B.I. Kachinery.
in Brecutive departments.
THE ORIG
SECRET
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Anne é 3
neral Tones.
Anti-China:
CONTIDENTIAL.
ROFAGANDA THEMES ON HONG KONG.
a) Chaos and violence inside Ching with the erhasis on developments affecting Hong Kong, e.z.:
(1) Latremist influences in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and differences of opinion between the leadership on foreign policy matters.
(11)
Impact of the cultural revolution 17. Kwengtung Frovince as it affoots provinci il control of extremista and the provincial authorities links with Hong Kong,
(iii) Damaging effect of the cultural revolution on the Chincse economy, particularly exports thus increasing China's dep vidence on Hong Kong market for foreign exchange.
b)
China's chauvinistic polioy towards its neighbours in South East Asia and elsewhere in the world, Emphasis should be placed on the fact that it is not an "anti-colonial" struggle but one of a sorics of foreign diversions organised for internal reasons. Attention should be drawn to the provocative activitics of Chinese missions abroad in promoting a cult of liao Tas-tung and the cultural revolution which has led to numerous incidents and in some cases a deterioration of relations with certain countries o.. Nepal, Burma, Cambodia, Singapore, Mongolia, North Korea and North Vietnam.
Pro-Hong Kong.
a)
Factual information on the Hong Kong Government's firm handling of the situation.
b) The stability of the Hong, Keng economy as reflected in exports, the ovenent of capital, prosoc to for the development of trade and expressions of confilence by the Hong Kong business community, (articularly the Chinese community).
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Information on the Hong Kong govern.ont's social and economic policies e.g. schools, resettlement, housing, labour legislation.
Overscas Chinese Themes.
a) líanipulation of overseas Chinase communities abroad by Chinese diplomats and other agino:.os on behalf of Macist policies which has antagonised the 1ìdijenŋus opulation.
b)
Publicity for overseas Chinese comment is support of the Hong Kong Government or critical of the activities of communists in Hong Kong.
c) The harsh treatment suffered by overroes Chinese and their relatives in the course of the cultural rivolution.
a)
Attac.з upon Chinese traditional culture by Red Guard groups in China.
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL.
e)
Information on the declino in Mainland education ecilities and on lavist education policies i.e. "Red not expert",
f) Now policies towards China's "capitaliste" and Kao's "disincentive economy",
Hong Kong Themes.
a)
Exploitation of differences between the Hong Kong militante, the Ioring Government end the Kwang tung authorities.
b)
Exploitation of differences between the militants and conservatives in Hong Kong.
c)
Exposure of personal backgrounds of Chinese communist leadership in Hong Kong.
a)
community.
Support for the Hong Kong government from the local
e) Information on "Vietcong" activities of Comunista supported by photographs of privato arsenals.
CONFIDENTIAL.
PUBLICLY ARRANGEMENTS IN HONGKONG.
Hong Kone. Government
Imorgency. Intelligence Gommittee
Chereen Folitical Ldvisor.
Special
Brit
́ ́H.K, Government,
Information
Services
Responsibility:
Composition:
Unattributable and deniable- Information.
Political Advisors Office H.K. Special Branch
Kilitary Intelligence
THIBBA COPY
Various
Channels
IN THE DEPAS MANE
THE ORIGINALHAS BEEN PETAINED.
CTION
3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1958
I.B.D.
Hong Kong Press and Foreign Correspondent. -Special Military Rep- ́resentative.
Fress and other con-
tacts in a Hong Kong
Mailing lists in S.E. Asia and other countries.
SECRET
TARGETS.
1. Chinese Communists in Hong Kong
Chinese Non-Communists in Hong Kong. 3. Business Community in Hong Kong.. -4. Youth in Hong Kong.
CONFIDENTIAL
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
FROM THE COMMONⱭEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
TO HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
Cypher
IMMEDIATE
Sent 26 July, 1967.
CONFIDENTIAL
No. 1544
HWB 13/22
2305Z
Your telegram No. 1073.
Following from Hong Kong Chinese Liaison
Office and London Office.
Exhaustive inquiries have revealed no grounds to substantiate your paragraph 1. There was a fall-off in restaurant trade towards end 1966 but this is thought to be due to freeze. A slightly more-pronounced fall-off during last two months is probably due to warm summer and holiday season. We do not (repeat not) consider posters to be necessary or desirable.
2.
For past two months Hong Kong Bank here has been studying figures of restaurant remittances. In May these amounted to 250,000 by way of individual remittances to Hong Kong; figure dropped to £40,000 in June and is expected to be about the same for July. Decrease on May figure is again thought to be due to holiday season.
LAST
But.
Distribution H.K. T.I.D. 'C'
Copies also sent to:-
Mr. H.T. Woo,
Hong Kong Government Students Office,
Abbey House,
2/8 Victoria Street,
S.W.1.
Mr. P. Sedgwick,
Hong Kong Government Office,
54, Pall Mall,
S.W.1.
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to the omission
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con
fast of page 20.
13. The point which you
to
had previously mentioned
the reference
about Mr Rivett. Carnac's position
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to reve not crop up beyond
the extent
to it in para 11 z(r).
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of
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18.67.
CONFIDENTIAL
13
Sir Arthur Galsworthy
I have held one meeting of the Hong Kong Information Group, at which weavered a good deal of ground, as a result of which I have just sent you a submission covering various drafts. There is probably I shall be away no need for the Group to meet again in the near future. on leave during August and, in my absence, Mr. Littlejohn-Cook, Head of J. I. P.G.D., has consented to preside over the Group.
2. The Secretary of the Group, Mr. Colin Wilson, is at present on leave. In his absence, his work as Secretary is being carried out by Miss Kathleen Draycott of the China Section of J.I.R.D.
Ack
(J. H. Peck)
28 July, 1967
Copies to:-
Mr. Höhler
Mr. Littlejohn-Cook
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&
Mr. Gaminara
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Reference
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I see that you have been a member of the Working Group to which Mr. Peck's minutes refer. I should therefore be most grateful if you would kindly prepare a suitable draft for Mr. Carter or If you Mr. Hall to let Mr. Gass know about this. and they are content with the draft circular attached, then I think it should go out over the signature of
Mr. Mark Allen or Sir Colin Crowe.
Miss Suageert.
I mentioned that to
PAG.
(A,N. Galsworthy)
2nd August, 1967
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in connection with tomorrow afternoon's meeting of the
Under-Secretaries Committee on Hong Kong.
2. You saw Mr. de la Mare's minute at (2) which refers to the C-in-C FE signal at (10) on the subject of psychological operations in Hong Kong. The C-in-C FE signal was considered by the Committee of Under Secretaries on 12 July and paragraph 6(b) of the record at (E/5B) refers. As a result of that, a Working Party on Information Services
on was set up under the auspices of J.I.PD and held its inaugural meeting on 17 July. A record of that meeting is at (10/E/1), and the Working Group decided, as a first step, to send a circular letter to all diplomatic posts abroad in terms of the draft at (10/C/11). The point immediately
under consideration is the question of the issue of the draft letter. It has not yet issued and you will note from Sir Arthur Galsworthy's minute at (14) that he is happy for the draft to issue if it meets with departmental approval: at the same time he wants a letter to go to Mr. Gass informing
him of what is in the wind,
3.
The draft circular letter seems to be quite harmless and I can see no reason why it should not issue; Mr. Carter holds the same view. We have not, however, as yet informed the Secretary of the Working Group to this effect.
4. Mr. Rivett-Carnac of J.I.P.D. recently went out to Hong Kong on a short-term assignment to help the Information Services Department. He has had previous experience of the kind of operations envisaged in the C-in-C FE signal at (1c).
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7.8.67.
HVB 13/22
SECRET
22 August, 1967.
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You will recall certain telegraphic correspondence that took place during July on the subject of psychological operations: it arose out of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East's signal SEACOS 98 to the Ministry of Defence and ended in your secret telegram to us No. 1004.
2.
As a result of this correspondence, an information group has been set up here to co-ordinate all aspects of information work designed to strengthen the position of the Hong Kong Government in
The principal targets of its dealing with the present situation. operations will lie outside the Colony.
3. A circular letter about this (copy enclosed) is being issued by our Information Research Department to all diplomatic posts
I understand that abroad and will reach Hong Kong very shortly.
This letter gives a copy will be sent to your Political Adviser. more details of what is proposed and of the manner in which the
it deals with the problems involved, the group will operate: material required for propaganda purposes and the targets at which
The letter will also invite suggestions from it should be directed. addressees for themes or operations appropriate to their areas, You and Information Department may already have received preliminary information about this from Rivett-Carnac.
4. This letter is intended only to give you notice of what is afoot. Although our Information people will be co-ordinating the exercise, we shall be working very closely with them and if you have any queries which you feel might be more appropriately handled through us, then I hope you will not hesitate to let us know.
PA.
24.8.67
(W.S. Carter)
M.D.I. GASS, ESQ., C.M.G., J.P.
SECRET
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1 MR. CARTER
Reference HWB 13/22.
HWB 23/23 with 1/e
You last saw this file at (12). The draft circular letter at (10/E/ii) has been cleared by
Sir Arthur Galsworthy and Mr. Hall and I.R.D. have been told that we have no objection to its issue.
So far a8
I know, it has not yet issued but should do so very shortly. In spite of Sir Arthur Galsworthy's minute at (14), I understand that the letter will issue over the signature of Mr. Littlejohn Cook, and I have I suggested that it should be addressed, so far as Hong
Kong is concerned, to the Political Adviser.
2. You asked me to prepare a draft letter to the | Acting Governor, for signature by Sir Arthur Galsworthy
or yourself, giving the Acting Governor advance notice of what was happening. I have prepared a draft accordingly which is behind this minute.
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Cour of € 10 € (ii) with Annexes The premagial target's of it's gerations will The andside The Colony
Hic Exguìtancy tow Ma. M.D.I. Gass,¡C.M.G.,
J.P.
Acting Governor
Hong Kong.
W.S. CARTER
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
22 Augend 1467
You will recall certain telegraphic correspondence
that took place during July on the subject of
psychological operations: it arose out of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East's signal SEACOS 98 to
the Ministry of Defence and ended in your secret
telegram to us No. 1004.
2. As a result of the issues raised in this
correspondence, an information group has been set up here to co-ordinate all aspects of information work designed to strengthen the position of the Hong Kong Government in dealing with the present situation, in
about this (cony enclosed) the Colony, 3.A circular letter/is being issued by our Information Research Department to all diplomatic
posts abroad and will reach Hong Kong very shortly.
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I understand that it will be addressed to your Political Adviser. This letter gives more details of what is proposed and of the manner in which the group will
Cand it operate and deals with the problems involved, the
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targets at which it should be directed required for propaganda purposed.
the material
The letter will
also invite suggestions from addresses for themes or
operations appropriate to their areas.
(Information Test You may already
have received preliminary information about this from Rivett-Carnac, who will, of course, be very much-
concerned with the whole ma
4. This letter is intended only to give you notice
of what is afoot. Although our Information people will be co-ordinating the exercise, we shall be working very
/closely
closely with them and if you have any queries which
you feel might be more appropriately handled through
us, then I hope you will not hesitate to let us know.
I hope that the project will prove of tangible benefis-
to Hong Kong..
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(W.S CARTER)
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CHIEF
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SECRETARY TO THE?
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M Ellis. in Littlejohn Cork
Treasury Chambers, Great George Street, S.W. 1
Dear Markollegio,
17th August, 1967
Chief Secretary's Broadcast for
Hong Kong Radio
I attach a copy of a statement which the Chief Secretary recorded earlier today. We expect that this statement, which is to be translated locally into Cantonese, will be broadcast in Hong Kong on Friday.
I am sending a copy of this letter and enclosure to Morphet in the Foreign Secretary's Office.
Your Sincerely,
RECEIVED IN
CC
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(R.N. Springthorpe ).
Private SecreTaECEIVED IN
D.P.R. Mackil:igin, Esq.,
ARCHIVES No. 63
21 AUG 1967
17W A 13/22 Private Secretary to the Secretary of Statel
for Commonwealth Affairs
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17th August, 1967
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I attach a copy of a statement which the Chief Secretary recorded earlier today. Tie expect that this statement, which is to be translated locally into Cantonese, will be broadcast in Hong Kong on Friday.
I am sending a copy of this letter and enclosure to Morphet in the Foreign Secretary' office.
R. N. SPRINGTHORPE
(P.N. Springthorpe) Private Jecretary
D.P.R. Mackilligin, Esq.,
Private Secretary to the Secretary of State
for Commonwealth Affairs.
eliz
MENT RECORDED BY THIS CHIIT SECRETAZY ZO THE TA JABURY
AND TO BE BROADCAST OV.R HONG KONG RADIO
The Government has stated that we expect the British economy
to grow at a rate of 3 per cent over the next twelve months
and
that moɑno an extra £1,000 million in the total production of the nation. The tough economic menguros that we took last year will
enable us to achieve that growth and at the same time to achieve
In the year the necessary surplus on the balance of payments. that ended last June our overseas financial position improved by
about 3200 million, and the latest trade figures show that this
favourable trend is continuing. In July, we had a surplus on
trading alone, before taking into account additional receipta from
Tho such things as Shipping, Insurance and overseas investments.
rise in industrial production in June is a further encouraging
sign. The British economy is in a strong position to maintain
the surplus in the balance of payments whatever purely temporary
fluctuations there my bo
and to increase it over the coming
years. We offer the world a growing market with our high imports
which we are more than matching with our increase in exports.
Technologically and soientifically we are one of the most
advanced countries in the world and we intend to see that this
theoretical knowledge cou∙led with practionl experience is trans-
lated into increasing output so that we can both improve our own
living standards and also play our part in helping the les0
developed areas of the world.
(L5745/35/67)
Brivich subacey,
Tokyo.
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