CYPHER CAT A
FLASH HONG KONG
NO. 990
FLASH
CONFIDENTIAL
TOP CORE
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HW
14 AUGUST 1968,
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No. 63
14 AUG1980
CONFIDENTIAL
HWB 9/12
ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 990-OF-14TH AUGUST REPEATED PEKING.
FOR GALSWORTHY.
49 :
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 1384 CRUNG WAR.
THE DANGER OF ANY DELAY IN DEREGISTERING AFTER MIDNIGHT ON 14TH/15TH
AUGUST IS OF COURSE THAT THE SCHOOL WILL. RE-OCCUPY THE PREMISES
AND THEN HAVE TO BE EJECTED (POSSIBLY BY FORCE) AS SOON AS THE
DEREGISTRATION ORDER IS HANDED TO WONG. THIS COULD RESULT IN A
QUITE SERIOUS INCIDENT.
2. REFERENCE YOUR PARAGRAPH 31-
CAS MIDNIGHT 14TH/15TH AUGUST
(B) YES, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE QUITE EARLY HEXT MORNING
(C) (1) WE CAN OF COURSE DELAY DEREGISTRATION FOR AS LONG AS
WE WISH, IF WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE THE RISK IN PARAGRAPH ↑ ABOVE.
IN PRACTICAL TERMS I WOULD BE VERY RELUCTANT TO DELAY LONGER
THAN ABOUT MID-DAY ON 15TH AUGUST, AND EVEN THIS WOULD CREATE
ADDITIONAL DIFFICULTIES, EVEN IF HOPSON ARRIVED BEFORE THEN,
THERE IS CONSIDERABLE PRESS INTEREŠL IN DEREGISTRATION AND IT WILL
BE IMMEDIATELY KNOWN THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY WHICH WILL BE
LINKED AT ONCE WITH HOPSON'S NON-ARRIVAL. SO OVERT AN ACKNOWLEDGE- ~MENT THAT THE TWO EVENTS ARE BEING, LINKED WOULD LEAD TO EMBARRASSING ENQUIRIES AND SPECULATION. IF HE DID NOT ARRIVE BEFORE MID-DAY ON 15TH AUGUST, THE POSITION WOULD THEN BECOME GREATLY
COMPLICATED,
PA
5.8.62.
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