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CYPHER/CAT A
IORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 749
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
12 JUNE 1968
CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED CO TELNO 749 OF 12TH JUNE RFI PEKING.
1602
YOUR TELEGRAM 629 TO PEKING : U.3.S. ENTERPRISE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE LINE LOCALLY THAT NUCLEAR POWERED
SHIPS ARE SAFE, AND WE HAVE KEPT QUIET ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONS
CRAVAL MONITORING TEAMS ETC.) TAKEN WHEN SUCH SHIPS VISIT HONG
KONG. WE SHOULD THEREFORE MARGINALLY PREFER THE FOURTH
SENTENCE OF THE DRAFT REPLY TO BE AMENDED TO READ:
''FURTHERMORE NUCLEAR POWERED SHIPS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO
VISIT HONG KONG UNLESS HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT WERE SATISFIED THAT THE PRESENCE OF THESE VESSELS
PRESENTED NO THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE INHABITANTS
OF HONG KONG OR CHINA.
PEKING
FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING 283.
SIR D. TRENCH
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/
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