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M.K19
SAO 201
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In Confidence
EXDdir. Olde Cypher
Draft Telegram to:- Governor, Hong- NK Kong
No.
(Date)
123.
[Security classification"
-if any
[ Privacy marking
-if any
[Codeword-if any]
Addressed to
telegram N.........
Governor Hong Kong
123.
(date)
20 JAN 1967
And to
repeated for information to...Peking, Lishen
And to:-
Saving to.
Repeat ROUTINE)
to: Peking Lisbon
2x 440
Saving to:
FED
INT
hisbain
سیدهای
19.
Distribution:- Departmental:
F.O.:
F.E.D.
Consular Dept. D.S.A.0.: Communications
Dept
166
Personnel Dept E. & O. Dept. C.O.: RY 1200 20 Hong Kong & West Indies C'Dept.
Macao:
Lisbon...
In view of the situation in Macao, we think it
appropriate to plan for the possible evacuation of
the British community and the Consul and his staff
in the event of a Portuguese withdrawal.
2.
It would be helpful if someone from the
Political Adviser's Office could go to Macao as soon
as possible to discuss the situation with the Consul.
In particular he should establish:
(i)
(ii)
how many British or Hong Kong residents
there are now in Macao. Our records, which
date from 1964, show 12 Europeans and 27
Chinese, all apparently on Hong Kong passports
We believe that there may be in addition
a number of unregistered British and Canadian
citizens;
what means the Consul would have of warning
and assembling this community in the event
/of