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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES Nɔ. 63
En clair
D. 21st January, 1967.
R. 21st
05.45 hrs.
HWB2/1
No. 92.
19
Addressed to Commonwealth Office (D.T.D.) Repeated
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Washington No.26
(Commonwealth Office please pass), POLAD Singapore No.19.
The two main Hong Kong left-wing papers this
morning have on their Hong Kong news pages, articles about the arrival yesterday of Admiral Hyland and the flagship
of the U.S. Seventh Fleet (THE PROVIDENCE). This is taken as further evidence of the use of Hong Kong by the U.S. as a military base. The visits of other prominent U.S. military commanders last year and the current visit of Admiral Hyland are the subject of critical comment. The paper comments that whether or not this is closely related to the arrival yesterday of the Chief of the General Staff 'is a matter worthy of attention'.
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