CONFIDENTIAL
INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
(The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
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D. 11 July 1967
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Peking No.406 (C.O. please pass)
For Carter from Wilford.
Water Supplies.
At a meeting on 5 July it was agreed to ask you to consider the (?possibility omitted) of an approach through Charge d'Affaires, Peking, to the Chinese Government in the hope that they might stimulate Kwangtung provincial authorities to react to Hong Kong's request for a supply of water in July. In the press of events over this weekend this matter was overlooked.
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In the light of events at Sha Tau Kok this does not seem the right moment to make such an approach; unfortunately the press here are aware of the original decision to approach you and may ask questions in London. If they do, I hope that you can say that the matter is under consideration in the light of Hong Kong Government's views, but that the time does not seem propitious just at present.
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