CYPHER/CAT'A'
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 16
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE,
DATED 9 JANUARY 1970
CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 16 OF 9 JANUARY RFI PEKING.
YOUR TELEGRAM 20: TANG CHUEN.
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE THAT THE INQUEST COULD BE HELD WITHIN TWO
WEEKS ALREADY REPRESENTED A CONSIDERABLE DEPARTURE FROM THE ORDER
OF PRIORITY (SIXTY DEATH ENQUIRIES ARISING FROM TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
ALONE ARE OUTSTANDING), BUT IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE NOW TO EXPEDITE IT
FURTHER AND PROCEEDINGS WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY 15TH. THE PROCESS
CANNOT BE FURTHER HASTENED AS THE NECESSARY PRELIMINARIES OF
COLLECTING AND PREPARING EVIDENCE MUST BE PROPERLY COMPLETED BEFORE
THE INQUIRY BEGINS.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
FILES
F.E.D.
H.K.D.
P.U.".D,
I.R.D.
NEWS DEPT
MR.WILFORD
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 12 JAN 1979
TAKKIIR
LAT
NEF.
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