CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1066
CONFIDENTIAL
HWB 2/1
TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE
DATED 5 APRIL 1967
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ADDRESSED TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 1066 OF 5 APR REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG AND PEKING. SHONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 426 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PARA 3: VISITS OF U.S. WARSHIPS.
AS YOU KNOW FROM TRENCH'S LETTER OF 9 FEBRUARY TO ELLIOTT IN HONG KONG, THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING OVER THE QUESTION OF PUBLICITY, BUT THIS WAS OF COURSE IN THE LIGHT OF GUIDE LINE E AND ITS INTERPRETATIVE NOTE, WHICH REFERRED ONLY TO PUBLICITY BEFORE A VISIT, CONSEQUENTLY, ALTHOUGH ADMIRAL SHARP (5 TALKED ABOUT NO PUBLICITY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF A VISIT TO HONG KONG+, 1 SUSPECT THAT HE WAS THINKING OF PRIOR PUBLICITY. IF WE ASKED HIM TO FORGO PUBLICITY (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED) AFTER
A VISIT ALSO I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO SAY THAT HE COULD ABIDE BY THE LIMIT OF 30 DAYS IF WE DID NOT MIND THIS BEING 15 DAYS BEFORE AND 15 DAYS AFTER A VISIT. WOULD THIS BE ACCEPTABLE TO
YOU, HONG KONG AND PEKING?
2.
ALTHOUGH WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO APPROACHING THE PENTAGON AND STATE DEPARTMENT HERE, I THINK THAT A CHANGE OF APPROACH WOULD BE TACTICALLY WISE IN THIS CASE AND THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR YOU TO BROACH THE SUBJECT WITH THE AMERICAN EMBASSY WITH REFERENCE TO PEKING'S TELEGRAMS NUMBERS 311 AND 338.
F.O. PASS HONG KONG 49 PEKING 13
SIR P.
DEAN
SENT Ø132Z 6 APRIL
1967
RECD 0132Z 6 APRIL
1967
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
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S.E.A.D.
F.E.D.
J.I.P.G.D.
NEWS DEPT
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F.E. & P.D.
80
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REF.
BENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.) TELEGRAM
INO.D.
670
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