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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN OFFICE TO PEKING
TELNO 330
4 APRIL 1968
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TEL NO 330 OF 4 APRIL REPTD FOR INFMN TO HONG KONG.
YOUR TEL NO 242: SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
A NOTE HAS BEEN SENT TODAY TO THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HERE AS FOLLOWES:- TEXT BEGINS.
HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AD INTERIM OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND WITH REFERENCE TO MR BROWN'S NOTE OF THE 23RD AUGUST 1967, HAS THE HONOUR TO STATE THAT EXIT PERMITS WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED BY MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE MISSION AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS OR BY OTHER NATIONALS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HOLDING DIPLOMATIC OR OFFICIAL PASSPORTS. ENDS. 2. NO REPEAT NO PUBLICITY IS BEING GIVEN TO THIS FOR THE TIME BEING.
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