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PRIORITY HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO. 2008
23 SEPTEMBER 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 2008 OF 23RD SEPTEMBER. REPEATED
PA SINGAPORE AND PEKING.
3.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 2007 CONTAINS A REPORT ON CATER'S MEETING WITH
CONTACT ON 21 SEPTEMBER,
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2. 1 HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS TO MAKE:-
(A) IT IS UNSATISFACTORY THAT CONTACT EXCERCISES HIS OWN JUDGEMENT ABOUT THE NATURE AND TIMING OF THE MESSAGE HE WILL PASS. WE CANNOT
BE SURE THAT HE WILL NOW PASS TO PEKING THE MESSAGE WHICH HE SAID
ON 17 SEPTEMBER HE WOULD PASS, BUT I THINK WE MUST WAIT AND SEE, (3) IT IS INTERESTING THAT, ACCORDING TO CONTACT AT LEAST, LI CHOH CHI HAS FORMED THE SAME JUDGEMENT AS CONTACT ABOUT GREY'S
RELEASE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A DEAL,
FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
P.S. TO LORD SHEPHERD
MR. MASON
MR. ROB
F.E.D.
SIR D. ALLEN
MR. BUTLER P.U.S.D.
P.S.
DIS M.O.D.
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