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IMMEDIATE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG (D.T.D.)
TELNO 2255
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A NOVEMPER, 1967 (HKD)
ADDSD TO HONG KONG TEL NO. 2255 OF 4/11 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING WASHINGTON POLAD SINGAPORE.
FROM GALSWORTHY.
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YOUR TELS NOS 1640 -1642.
BEFORE HOPSON REPORTS POSITION TO M.F.A. WE SHOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WHETHER RETURN OF VILLAGER ABDUCTED ON OCT 11 ( PARA 7 C OF YOUR TEL NO. 1614) WHICH IS NOT MENTIONED IN PARA ONE OF YOUR TEL NO. 1640, IS AN ACCIDENTAL OMMISSION OR BECAUSE CHINESE REFUSED HIS RETURN. AS WE WOULD BE RETURNING
ALL THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE ASKED FOR IT SEEMS ON FACE OF IT UNREASONABLE THAT WE SHOULD NOT INSIST ON RETURN OF ALL WE HAVE ASKED FOR OR ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING
THE CASE OF THIS VILLAGER.
2.
WE SUGGEST ALSO THAT WHEN HOPSON REPORTS POSITION TO M.F.A. HE SHOULD REPORT NOT ONLY POINTS IN PARA 1 OF YOUR TEL NO. 1640, AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR TEL NO. 1642, BUT ALSO ( SO AS TO GET THEM ON RECORD WITH CHINESE AND TO AVOID AGREEMENT APPEARING TOO ONE SIDED) MAKE THE VARIOUS POINTS IN PARA 2 OF YOUR YOUR TEL NO. 1640. ARE THERE
ANY OTHERS APART FROM THOSE MENTIONED HE SHOULD RECORD ?
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WE SHARE VIEWS IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TEL NO. 1640. DEVELOPMENT REPORTED IN YOUR TEL NO. 1642 MAY MEAN THAT CHINESE
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