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FOCO 0023/17
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF TOKYO TELNO 262 OF 17 MAY TO FOREIGN OFFICE
SENT TO YOU FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO HONG KONG.
ROUTINE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
PLSE PASS FOLLOWING TO GOV HONG KONG AS MY CGP UNDEC ? 48).
"SITUATION IN HONG KONG"
WE ARE BEGINNING WE GET ENQUIRIES FROM BRITISH BUSINESSMEN
HERE, AND FROM TOURISTS, ABOUT THE PRESENT DISTURBANCES IN
HONG KONG. WE HAVE TAKEN A REASSURING LINE WITH THEM, AND HAVE
SAID THAT THE DISTURBANCES ARE VERY LOCALISED AND HAVE BEEN
TAKING PLACE AWAY FROM THE MAIN BUSINESS AND TOURIST AREAS.
IF, HOWVER, WE SHOULD SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THIS, WE SHOULD
BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE.
2. IN PARTICULAR ONE CIVIL AVIATION AND SHIPPING REPRESENTATIVE
HERE HAS ASKED TO BE INFORMED IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF ANY
INTERRUPTION OF COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
JAPAN AND HONG KONG, FOR EXAMPLE BY STRIKE ACTION, AS SOON AS
WE HEAR OF IT. WE HAVE ASSURED HIM THAT SUCH AN INTERRUPTION
IS MOST IMPROBABLE, BUT HAVE AGREED TO PASS ON TO HIM ANY
APPROPRIATE INFORMATION, WE HESITATE TO ADD TO YOUR BURDENS
AT THIS TIME, BUT SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR TELEGRAPHIC WARNING
IF AN INTERRUPTION BECOMES LIKELY.
SENT AT 17/1345Z RR
QSL 171345Z GB
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