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Telno 1053
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FOREIGN OFFICE
11 August 1967
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 1053 of 11 August, Repeated for information to Washington, Hong Kong and POLAD Singapore.
People's Daily of 11 August carries one article on Hong Kong which reports the detention on 9 August of three editors of Left Wing newspapers and the Managing Director and Manager of the company which prints them. This action was described as a continuation of the patriotic newspaper world.
Mr. Hopson
Sent 05362 11 August
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