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10
MAR
11 12
1957
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CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
D. 28th March, 1967 R. 28th
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09.05 hrs.
CONFIDENTIAL
No. 397
Addressed to Commonwealth Office Repeated to Peking No. 138
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11 POLAD Singapore No. 51
Washington No. 78
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 63 29 MAR 190/
HWB2/1
(S. of S. please pass to all)
(63) (64) Peking telegrams Nos. 311 and 312.
Chinese protests.
Visits at present scheduled for large American
ships are:-
(a)
(b)
"BONHOMME RICHARD"
strike carrier, 6th-11th April
(this will coincide with visit of H.M.S. "VICTORIOUS" 3rd-11th April and Cdr. F.E. Fleet from 5th-9th April.)
"TICONDEROGA", strike carrier, 4th-9th May.
(c) "HORNET", Anti-submarine carrier, 7th-13th June.
Subject to your views and those of H.M. Charge d' Affaires, Peking, I think we could let these visits stand.
2.
Passed as requested
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