Ref: a. 52/1
SECROS
Dependent Ceratorios Division
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27 April, 1967.
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o refer to Secret Telegram No. 426 from Hong on to us, and connect a broupon lence, on the dulgeat of visits of United States warulips to long h
quints involved fall under two honde:
(1) The number of visits paid by 7.5. varuhiņu to lion hong
(2) The Mestion of publicity.
C. the fi.u. sint, we propose to ask the Governor to take action in bool tree wit the list sentence of paragraph 2 of his telepan No. 426.
pupose to auk lil, at the same time, to let us know immediately should who be any indic at any time that the number of visito is likely to exceed the 1966 fig. May we take it that you would see no objection to tilst
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On the queim A publicity, we realise the dangers of re-opening the whole question
de-lines already agreed with the Americans; we also ace with the
overlapis rumarks in paragraph 2 of his telegram No. 472. No publicity indore a vi. it is, in our view, more important than no publicity after a visit and we should not in any event like to see the period of no
blicity before a visit head below 21 days. Nevertheless, we feel that an attempt ought 10 je made to perollade the Americans to agree to more than a total of 30 days of no publicity, articularly since it is very much in the interests of the Aericans Huelves that vo should not run into unnecessary trouble with. the Chinese over those visits. We are accordingly asking you if an approuch could be made 65 then with a view to extending the present period of 30 days. The basis on wide! we suggest such an approach should be made lo as follows:-
(1) they should be asked to extend the period of no publicity to include
30 days before and 50 days after a visit; failing this,
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to extend the period to include 30 days before and 15 days after a visit; failing this,
(3) to agme to a period of not less than 21 days before and 15 days after
a visit.
The above proposals have the agreement of the Minister of State and I should be grateful if the necessary approach to the Americans could be made.
J.5. Denson, Esq., V.3.D.,
Foreign Office,
5.W.1.
(A. W. GAMINARA)
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