CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 788
CONFIDENTIAL
767
TO PEKING
12 AUGUST 1968 (FED)
CONFIDENTIAL ITIAL
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 788 OF 12 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR POLITICAL ADVISER).
YOUR TELEGRAM 738. PUBLICITY. FOLLOWING FROM ACTING PERMANENT UNDER SECRETARY.
YOUR PARAGRAPH 1. WE OF COURSE AGREE.
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2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. OUR REFERENCE TO SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS WAS INTENDED AS AN INDIRECT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THE CHINESE, BY GRANTING YOUR OWN VISA, HAD TAKEN A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT IF YOU THINK THAT ANY MERIT THIS MIGHT HAVE IS OUTWEIGHED BY THE RISK OF AN ANGRY CHINESE REACTION, YOU MAY CERTAINLY OMIT IT. SO SFA
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NEWS DEPARTMENT
SIR D. ALLEN
HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
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