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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1358.
COMMUNIST PRESS.
2 OCTOBER 1967 (HWB 14/32)
MINISTERS HAVE AGREED THAT, IF YOU JUDGE THIS NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH SITUATION IN HONG KONG, YOU MAY AT YOUR DISCRETION BRING
INTO FORCE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1328. WE ASSUME THAT YOUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE THESE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS ONLY IF THE SITUATION BEGAN TO
DETERIORATE AGAIN.
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GRATEFUL IF YOU WILL KEEP US INFORMED OF ANY ACTION THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO TAKE AGAINST C.P.G.-OWNED COMMERCIAL PRESSES AND NEWSPAPER PREMISES PRODUCING THE BROADSHEETS AND OF
LOCAL COMMUNIST REACTIONS TO SUCH MEASURES.
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