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PRICRITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 703
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
DATED 30 MAY 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 703 OF 30TH MAY REPEATED PEKING,
PA SINGAPORE, AND WASHINGTON.
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YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS. 1002 AND 1011 CNOT TO ALL) : VISITS OF
U.S. NAVAL VESSELS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO REQUEST FOR A VISIT BY 'LONG BEACH' AND
THE AMERICANS HERE CATEGORICALLY DENY THAT SHE IS COMING. IF WE SHOULD NEVERTHELESS RECEIVE A REQUEST FOR EARLY JUNE WE CAN REFUSE IT. THE NOTICE GIVEN WOULD BE UNREASONABLE SHORT AND THE VISIT WOULD NOT BE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES IF 'BOSTON' IS TO BE HERE AT THE SAME TIME.
2. ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT 'LONG BEACH', PROPOSED AMERICAN LARGE SHIP VISITS FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
BOSTON 7 TO 12 JUNE.
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No. 63 - 4 JUN 1968
QUEENFISH (NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE) 16 TO 22 JUNE.
HWA 2/1
TICONDEROGA
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CATTACK CARRIER) 19 25 JUNE.
LAST
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R:
VALLEY FORGE
CAMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP) 10 TO 15
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(193
BONHOMME RICHARD CATTACK CARRIER) 15 TO 21 JULY.
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