COPY FOR PEGISTRATION (174
CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench) RECL
Cypher
D. 29 May 1967
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Addressed to Washington No.152 Repeated "Manila No. 30
"Seoul No.11
(Please pass ROUTINE to all)
We are concerned at official pronouncements from Governments advising their nationals against visiting Hong Kong because of recent disturbances.
2. We did not ourselves attempt to discourage people from coming even when there were riots in Kowloon. There have now been no disturbances here since 22 May and there seems at present no need positively to discourage tourists from coming here.
3. We are not clear what present position of U.S. (or Korean or Philippine) Government is but if they can be persuaded to accept the advice in paragraph 2 so much the better.
(Passed as requested)
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