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CONFIDENTIAL
IMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
Telno. 327
CONFIDENTIAL
15 March 1968
Addressed to C.O. telegram No. 327 of 15 March Repeated for information to:
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H.C. Singapore and Peking.
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Your telegram No. 476 Detained Journalist.
The story appears to have emanated from an anonymous telephone call by a European yesterday, 14 March, to our Marine Department. The Department are now making enquiries to see if there is any confirmatory evidence. All that they have discovered as yet is that (contrary to the normal practice) no Chief steward was named on the crew list when the shir berthed here.
2. The ship is en route to Singapore where it might be possible to make further enquiries.
C.O.
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F.O. please pass Routine to H.C. Singapore 13 and Peking 106.
Sir D. Trench
[Repeated as requested].
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