Cypher

CONFIDENTIAL

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

(The Secretary of State)

TO HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)

Sent 5 June, 1967. 1250Z

FLASH

CONFIDENTIAL

No. 1124

Addressed to Governor, Hong Kong. Repeated IMMEDIATE to Peking.

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"POLAD Singapore.

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Your telegram No. 777. 215

Disturbances,

Before approaching Chinese we would like to be

quite certain about facts of incident. Could you therefore send urgently confirmation of first report of incident and detailed account of what happened.

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Grateful also for details of remainder of exercise

still to be undertaken.

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Please reply by FLASH telegram.

(Passed to D.S.A.0. for repetition to

Peking and POLAD Singapore)

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Major Koe

Mr. A. Campbell

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