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COPY FOR REGISTRATION
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WASHINGTON ΤΟ FOREIGN OFFICE
TELNO. 1836
29 MAY 1967
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CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 77 OF 29 MAY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO C.O., MANILA AND SEOUL.
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YOUR TEL. NO. 152.: ADVICE ON VISITING HONG KONG.
AN A.P. ITEM OF 23 MAY REPORTED THE STATE DEPT. SPOKESMAN AS
SAYING THAT TOURISTS INTENDING TO VISIT THE COLONY HAD BEEN WARNED TO TAKE THE TURMOIL THERE INTO ACCOUNT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS NO (NO) BAN UN AMERICANS GOING THERE AND THAT US MILITARY LEAVES FOR REST AND RECREATION WERE CONTINUING.
2. THE DIRECTOR OF ASIAN COMMUNIST AFFAIRS TOLD US THAT BUSINESSMEN WHO ENQUIRED WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO REASON AT ALL WHY THEY SHOULD NOT GO TO HONG KONG, BUT IT HAD BEEN POINTED OUT TO THOSE GOING PURELY AS TOURISTS THAT THEY MIGHT FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET ABOUT. JACOBSON SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO (NO) RECENT ENQUIRIES AND IF THE SITUATION CONTINUED TO BE QUIET THE STATE DEPT. WOULD FAIRLY SOON PUT OUT A STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE EARLIER ADVICE WAS NO LONGER PERTINENT, HE WAS SLIGHTLY PREOCCUPIED BY THE FACT THAT THE CHINESE HAD REFERRED AGAIN TO THE NEED FOR A
REPLY TO THE FIVE DEMANDS.
FO PASS HONG KONG, MANILA 10 AND SEOUL 7.
SIR P. DEAN
SENT
01582/30 MAY 1967
RECD. 01582/30 MAY 1967
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
FO/CO/WH DISTRIBUTION
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63) 31 MAY 1967
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SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.) TELEGRAM
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