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TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELEGRAM NUMBER 267 OF 20 APRIL PRIORITY INFO COPENHAGEN (FOR MR.MACLEHOSE) INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
CFFICE LONDON.
1 SHALL SHORTLY BE DESPATCHING THE FOLLOWING FOR THE GOVERNOR-
DESIGNATE BY QUEEN'S MESSENGER:
(A) LEAVING HONG KONG FRIDAY 23 APRIL, A RATHER BULKY CONSIGNMENT OF UNCLASSIFIED REFERENCE MATERIAL SUCH AS COLONY AND DEPARTMENTAL ANNUAL REPORTS, ESTIMATES ETCSEMICOLON AND
(B) LEAVING HONG KONG FRIDAY 30 APRIL, TWO COVERS CONTAINING PRELIMINARY NOTES PREPARED FOR MACLEHOSE, ONE CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL
AND ONE BEARING A HIGHER CLASSIFICATION,
2. APART FROM THE MORE HIGHLY CLASSIFIED COVER BOTH CONSIGNMENTS
WILL BE SO PACKED THAT THEY CAN CONVENIENTLY BE FORWARDED OR
TAKEN ON TO MACLEHOSE'S RESIDENCE IF HE WISHES.
3.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET MACLEHOSE HAVE THESE TWO SETS OF
BOOKS AND PAPERS AS SOON AS HE NEEDS THEM AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN
LONDON FROM DENMARK, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND WILL BE ON OR ABOUT
2 MAY.
TRENCH
FILES
HKD
DTGD
MR WILFORD
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51 20 APR 1971
HAKKI/I
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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