CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE TOKYO
TELEGR
[ELEGRAM NO. 202
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
19 FEBRUARY 1968
207
CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NO 202 OF 19 FEBRUARY
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG AND
MOSCOW.
CHINA SECTION OF MY.F.A. HAS DRAWN OUR ATTENTION TO QUOTE
IZVESTIYA UNQUOTE ARTICLE OF 6 FEBRUARY 1968 ABOUT HONG KONG AND
ENTITLED QUOTE YIELDING TO THE COLONIALISTS UNQUOTE. MY.F.A.
ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED' TO KNOW EXTENT TO WHICH ARTICLE REFLECTS
QUOTE SECRET UNQUOTE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AUTHORITIES AND
PEKING.
2. WE PROPOSE TO TAKE THE LINE THAT ARTICLE IS TYPICAL SOVIET
PROPAGANDA PIECE UNLESS THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL POINTS YOU WOULD
WISH US TO EMPHASISE FOR BENEFIT OF MY.F.A.
: как
F.O. PASS HONG KONG 20 AND MOSCOW 2.
SIR J. PILCHER
модоби г MOSCOW
Raise 191v
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