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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.884 OF 6 SEPTEMBER,1973.
PERSONAL FOR NORMAN-WALKER FROM MACLEHOSE.
MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING TELEGRAM,
PRENDERGAST HAS A PROBLEM OF TIMING BECAUSE IF HE TAKES THE
JOB, WHICH HE IS VERY KEEN TO DO, HE WOULD NEED TO SELL UP IN MALTA AND THIS WOULD TAKE TIME. HE IS PREPARED TO TRUST
US ABOUT TERMS OF SERIVICE, BUT NEEDS TO KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
WIETHER WE WANT HIM OR NOT, BECAUSE IF WE DO HE WILL PUT HIS
PROPERTY UP FOR SALE IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE TOLD HIM THAT IF WE
CONFIRM MY OFFER THE SOONER HE ARRIVES AFTER, SAY, THE END OF OCTOBER THE BETTER, BUT THAT IT NEED NOT BE BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
DOUGLAS-HOME
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HKIOD
OPA
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR WILFORD
SIR D WATSON
MR ROSE
COPIES TO:-
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE,
6, GRAFTON ST, S.W.1.
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