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...TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
OFFICE
PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 6 TO PEKING
8 JANUARY 1970
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ADDRESSED PEKING TELNO 6 OF 8 JANUARY REPEATED F C 0.
YOUR TELEGRAM 5: DEATH OF TRADE UNION LEADER.
FOLLOWING FROM POLITICAL ADVISER.
WE THOUGHT OF SENDING YOU A REPORT ON 30 DECEMBER WHEN THE LETTER
TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY WAS DELIVERED BUT DECIDED NOT TO BECAUSE
THE CONTENTS WERE ON STANDARD LINES AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD WAIT
TO SEE WHETHER THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS PRODUCED ANYTHING TO
REPORT. WE DECIDED NOT TO REPLY TO THE LETTER,
2. I AM SORRY WE DID NOT SEND YOU FULLER AND EARLIER REPORTS.
( F C O PLS PASS PRIORITY TO PEKING)
SIR D. TRENCH
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/
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HONG KONG DEPT.
F.EASTERN DEPT.
P.U.S.D.
RECEIVED IN
REGETRY No.51
102 JAN 1970
1.R.D.
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NEWS DEPT.
MR. WILFORD
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