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CYPHER/CAT A
1ORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 960
SECRET
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
2 AUGUST 1968.
PERSONAL FOR CALSWORTHY.
(739) +
(760)
HW
PEKING TELEGRAMS, FOG AND 690 : POLICY IN HONG KONG.
WHILE MASON HAS PERC
ECENTLY HE ADVISED THAT IT WOULD PE HELPFUL
TC YOU IF I CONTINUET TO COMMENT ON THE PEKING TELEGRAMS IN THIS
SERIES I HAVE ACCORDINGLY SEEN DOING SO, AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
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KEEP MY TELEGRAMS CONSTRUCTIVE AND AS FREE OF ARCUMENTATION AS POSSIBLE. DUT WHATEVER I SAY, IT IS IN THE NATURE OF TEL EGRAMS DRAFTED FOR BREVITY THAT THE INEVITABLE PINOR INCONSISTENCIES
OF PHRASING WHICH OCCUR LAY THEMSELVES OPEN TO DISSECTION:
WITHOUT THE BASIS OF THE CLIGINAL CONTENTIONS REALLY BEING
IMPAIDEN AT ALL.
2.•
WHILE I AX OF COURSE ANXIOUS NOT TO LET OUR SIDE. IN THE
DISCUSSION GO BY DEFAULT, IT IS NOW BECOPING DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE MAKING A USEFUL CONTRIBUTION. I AM WONDERING THEREFORE WHETHER YOU REALLY WANT FURTHER DETAILED COMMENTS FROM ME ON THE
LATEST EXCHANGE.
BE
I SHOULD PEPPARS HOWEVER MAKE THE CONNENT (PEKING TELEGRAM 699 REFERS) THAT ANY HINT THAT RONG KONG MAY, IN ITC SITUATION, TREATED AS THE TAIL TO THE U.K. DOG IS, AS I AK SURE YOU APPRECIATE, PRECISELY WHAT HONG KOHN WATCHES OUT FOR AND FEARS. IT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD THAT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY PARA- MOUNT, AND THAT SOMETHING FAY HAVE TO BE CIVER AWAY IN THE COMBINED U.K./H.K. INTEREST, BUT ANY AWARENESS PERE OF AN INTENTION TO SUBORDINATE HONG KONG INTERESTS FURTHER THAN THIS COULD WELL.
HAVE DISASTROUS RESULTS.
SIR D TRENCH
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION F.O. F.E.D.
C.O. H.K. DEPARTMENT
C.C. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
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