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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 1032 TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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MEANS) TC CURE THE OPENING OF NEW SCHOOLS AND, PERHAPS ALSO
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CLDER ONES. IF A TOUGHER LINE BECOMES
NECESSARY, AND I EMPHASISE THAT THIS IS NOT YET THE CAS
WE
SHALL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENTIAL COMMUNIST REACTION BUT I
WILL, OF COURSE, LET YOU KNOW BEFORE ANY SPECIFIC MOVES LIKELY
TO CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE ARE MADE.
FO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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