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HONG KONG TELEGRA NO.185 TO COLFONA LMH OFFICE.
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5.
1 CAN SEE THE FORCE OF PEKING'S OBJECTION TO OUR TAKING THE
INITIATIVE IN RAISING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN WITH THE NCNA IF OUR
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INTENTION IS TO GIVE GROUND. IF, HOWEVER, THE MFA BRING UP THE
MATTER AGAIN CAS IT SEEMS TO ME THEY VERY WELL MAY IN THE COURSE
OF FURTHER EXCHANGES ABOUT MOVEMENTS BY STAFF OF THE EMBASSY) I
SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT MARGINALLY BE USEFUL TO RAISE
THE POINT IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 5 WITH THEM. IT MAY ALSO BE WORTH
CONSIDERING WHETHER AT THE SAME TIME TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THE
PRISONERS THEY REGARD AS ''PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS''.
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FOREIGN OFFICE LEASE PASS IN EDINTE PEKING AS LY TELEGRAM NO. 60.
SIR D.TRENCH ·
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