CYPHER/CAT'A'
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HONG KONG
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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
LEGRAM NUMBER 932
12 AUGUST 1968
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PERSONAL FOR LORD SHEPHERD FROM GOVERNOR.
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YOUR TELEGRAM 1366 : TUNNEL.
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A QUESTION CNOT A MOTION) HAS BEEN SET DOWN FOR 21 AUGUST. IN VIEW OF PRESENT INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT, IT MAY BE AWKWARD TO · GET IT WITHDRAWN: BUT, IF SO, I WOULD PROPOSE A QUITE BRIEF ANSWER TO THE EFFECT THAT WHILE DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO US
WE ARE AWARE THAT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE TUNNEL COMPANY AND THE OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WITH WHOM THE HATTER AT PRESENT RESTS ARE STILL ACTIVELY PROCEEDING IN LONDON. IF PRESSED FURTHER, WE WOULD REPLY THAT THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT A MATTER WITHIN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WOULD HOT WISH TO RISK PREJUDICING THEM BY ANY FURTHER REPLY. AS FAR AS WE WERE .
CONCERNED, WE WERE SATISFIED FOR THE PRESENT TO KNOW THAT A SOLUTION TO THE MATTER WAS STILL BEING URGENTLY SOUGHT.
SIR D. TRENCH
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P.S. TO LORD SHEPHERD
SIR A. GALSWORTHY
HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPT.
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