CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 988
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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL.
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 AUGUST 1968
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(773)
SOLES SOILNEIULSIO
ADDRESSED CO TELNO.988 OF 13TH AUGUST RFI PEKING.
FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM 785 TO PEKING : SIR D. HOPSON : PUBLICITY.
SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW I AGREE GENERALLY WITH PARAGRAPH 2
OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AND HAVE NO COMMENT ON PARAGRAPH 3.·
I IMAGINE HOPSON WILL WANT TO AVOID ANY DIRECT, COMMENT ON HONG KONG
ISSUES WHILE HE IS HERE CAPART FROM SHOWING PLEASURE THAT VIOLENCE
HAS STOPPED) AND I THINK HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT
DIFFICULTY.
2. I ASSUME THAT THE REFERENCE IN PARAGRAPH 2 TO MY HAVING BEEN
ASKED TO MATCH THE GRANT OF. HOPSON'S EXIT VISA BY THE RELEASE OF
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DETAINEES WAS A DRAFTING ERROR. THE
SUGGESTION IN PEKING TELEGRAM 698 TO FOREIGN OFFICE, WHICH WAS
ENDORSED IN YOUR TELEGRAM 1362, WAS THAT THE RELEASE OF DETAINEES
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PROVIDED THAT ALL CREPEAT ALLƆ OUTSTANDING
EXIT VISAS ARE GRANTED. IT IS THIS PROPOSAL WHICH WE ARE NOW
EXAMINING.
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FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY) PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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PERMANENT UNDER SECRETARY
SIR D. ALLEN
MR. WILKINSON
C.O.
HONG KONG DEPT.
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
DSAO
SIR C. CROWE
PERSONNEL DEPT.
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