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Registry No.
DEPARTMENT
HONG KONG
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret
Secret
Confidenstat
Restricted Unclassified
HWB 14/32
PRIORITY MARKINGS (Date).
Flash
Immediate}
Priority Routing
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* Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should
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reach addressee(s)..
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Draft Telegram to:-
GOVERNOR
HONG
LONG
KONC No 499 (Date) 7/12
And to:-
Repeat to:-
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Distribution:--
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As for H.K.Tel.
10. 1757
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COVO HONG KONƆ
..(date)
Your telegram No. 1757. Communist Fress.
If action against the press must be taken
in order to continue to maintain our authority in
take the action and
Hong Kong then we must accept the consequences.
These, we judge, would take a form directly affecting
the situation in Hong Kong itself and Sino-British
relations generally (including the position of
Embassy staff in Peking and Grey).
e agree that you should discuss this proble
with Galsworthy and should be grateful to know 7 extent your joint views on it and on the timing of way
action you recommenā.
Copies to:-
EXAMINED AT 1143.1.7./.
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