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(B) WHETHER, IF THEY MADE AN ARRANGEMENT OF THE SORT SUGGESTED,
THEY WOULD CARRY IT OUT IN GOOD FAITH.
THERE IS THE FURTHER ADVANTAGE THAT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE MAN
IS AN INTELLIGENCE AGENT, THE COMMUNISTS WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO MAKE
PUBLICITY ABOUT THE CASE IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG.
4. UNLESS YOU SEE FURTHER OBJECTIONS, THEREFORE, WE SHOULD LIKE
TO OFFER THEM THE CHOICE OF RELEASE AT LO WU OR KOWLOON AS
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.
FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING 189.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPETITION TO PEKING REFERRED FOR
DEPARTMENTAL DECISION]
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