per year. Any rule regarding the visits of
nuclear vessels should therefore be amplified
to make it clear that we would restrict the
visits of nuclear vessels to four in any one
year, with a gap of two months between any two.
This year the Americans have already sent four
such vessels to Hong Kong. This level is,
generally, too high; but there is an argument
against a total exclusion of visits by nuclear
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vessels for the rest of the year, since it may
give the impression to the communists that we
have curtailed such visits all together.
should have then a more difficult time starting-
them »gain.
all together.
It may be necessary therefore,
as an exception, to allow perhaps one more
nuclear visit to Hong Kong in the remaining
months of this year.
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6. Sir
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who repuls
. Hopson makes two furthe points.
He asks that we seek to reduce the visits of
lerge or nuclear vessels to one a month(as
well as keeping nuclear visits to no higher
than last year's level). He also recommends
that we inform the Americans that we should
prefer no more visits by USS "Enterprise" for
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diffientlig bor in reper of the four his differ shampony fur
in Sum of HK.
7. In Hong Kong telegram No. 883 the Governor
of Hong Kong sets out his views at length.
He observes that the Americans have been
scrupulous in adhering to the guide lines at the
1965 level of visits. At present is is
semm
possible for each ship in the Fleet to pay one
visit to Hong Kong in her operational tour.
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