CY
R/CAT
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1697
SECRET.
SECRET
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
20 MAY 1967.
104
ADDRESSED FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NO 1697 OF 20 MAY REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, PEKING AND POLAD SINGAPORE.
82 HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 638 PARA 3. KOWLOON DISTURBANCES.
WE HAVE KEPT THE AMERICANS IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH DEVELOPMENTS AND ASS- ESSMENTS AS REPEATED TO US IN TELEGRAMS FROM YOU, HONG KONG AND PEKING, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE HAVE NOT (NOT) INFORMED THEM
G OF INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS (E. G. HONG KONG TELEGRAMS 620 AND 635) 81 AND WILL NOT (NOT) DO SO UNLESS COMPELLED BY SOME FACTOR OF SPECIAL URGENCY.
2. WHEN A MEMBER OF CHANCERY DISCUSSED J.1.C. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF 18 MAY WITH STATE DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR CONCERNED (DONALD) ON 19 MAY, DONALD SAID THAT IT COINCIDED EXACTLY WITH THE STATE DEPART- MENT'S JUDGEMENT, AND HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OF VIEW IN ANY OTHER AMERICAN AGENCY.
3. HE ADDED, AND EMPHASISED AGAIN AT THE END OF A LENGTHY DIS- CUSSION, THAT IN CASE IT NEEDED SAYING THE ADMINISTRATION WERE ANXIOUS TO DO ANYTING THEY COULD TO BE HELPFUL TO THE GOVERNOR IN THE PRESENT SITUATION.
FO PASS PRIORITY HONG KONG 70 AND ROUTINE PEKING 19 AND POLAD
SINGAPORE 21.
SIR P DEAN
SENT 2002/20 MAY 1967
RECD 2002/20 MAY 1967
KS
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
LAC!
F.0.
F.E.D.
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
8 V
S.E.A.D.
RECEIVED IN
149
C.O.
F.E. AND P.D. D.T.D.
AD SUIVIS No. 631
SAND6.
SECRET
HWA In
77777
SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)
TELEGRAM NO.
987