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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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Telno. 1604
31 October 1967
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Addressed Commonwealth Office telegram No. 1604
of 31 October.
Repeated for information to Peking.
Your telegram No. 2216: Hong Kong Border.
NCNA contact was told this morning that we were prepared to send representatives to Shumchun but that this did not commit us in any way about subsequent meetings. The various points about safe conduct and publicity, etc. were reiterated and agreed. We suggested that the meeting should take place between 1300 and 1700 local time on Wednesday, 1 November. No confirmation has been received so far.
Foreign Office pass Immediate Peking 596.
Sir D. Trench
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