CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 630
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE,
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
18 MAY 1963.
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TELEGRAM NO. 630 Π18TH MAY
RFI PEKING, WASHINGTON, AND POLAD SINGAPORE.
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YOUR TELEGRAM 895 AND PEKING TELEGRAM 443: VISIT OF USS
ENTERPRISE.
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THERE HAVE BEEN FURTHER ARTICLE IN YESTERDAY'S AND TODAY'S LOCAL
COMMUNIST PRESS DEVELOPING THE THEME OF THE NCNA ARTICLE SUMMARISED
16 IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 615. THESE ARTICLES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
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THREATENING IN TONE AND THERE HAS SO FAR BEEN NO COMMENT.
2. IT IS LIKELY THAT THE CHINESE HAVE GOT WIND OF THE 'ENTERPRISE
VISIT, AND THIS, COUPLED WITH THE RECENT INCREASE IN US SHIP
VISITS (PARA 2 OF MY TEL NO. 560) MAY WELL BE THE MAIN EXPLANATION
FOR THESE ARTICLES. THEY MAY ALSO REFLECT CHINESE DISAPPROVAL OF
THE PARIS TALKS BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND THE NORTH VIETNAMESE,
AND IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE MAY WELL BE A PROTEST FROM
PEKING IF 'ENTERPRISE' COMES HERE. WE SHALL ALSO HAVE TO BE PREPARED
FOR A SCARE CAMPAIGN IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS ABOUT THE HEALTH
HAZARDS INVOLVED. YESTERDAY'S ARTICLES IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS DREW
ATTENTION TO THE ALLEGED LEAKAGE OF RADIO-ACTIVE MATERIAL FROM THE
US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE 'SWORDFISH' DURING HER RECENT VISIT TO JAPAN,
AND WARNED HONG KONG RESIDENTS THAT NUCLEAR SHIPS WERE A DANGER TO
HEALTH.
LAST
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LEX.
REF.
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CONFIDENTIAL
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