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TO IMMEDIATE ECGD TELNO EXCED 41 OF 27 JULY INFO DTI FCO.
FOR FELL FROM ASTON, DTI FOR GLAVES-SMITH (PG) FCO FOR: STUART (HKIOD) AND FINLAYSON (EPD).
1. ON MY RETURN FROM 3 DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO MACAO WEEDON HAS
JUST TOLD ME THAT KINDERSLEY SPOKE TO HADDON-CAVE BY PHONE A FEW
DAYS AGO, APPARENTLY WITH OFFICIAL SANCTION (GLAVES-SMITH WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT), TO MODIFY THE LINE ON QUOTE NO FURTHER NET CONCESSIONS UNQUOTE AS CONVEYED OFFICIALLY BY ME IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR EXCED 35. (166)
2. 1 REALISE GROUPS'S ANXIETY TO TRY AND SOFTEN REACTIONS
REPORTED IN MY TEL OF 18 JULY. BUT AM SURE YOU WILL RECOGNISE THAT
USE OF NON OFFICIAL TO MODIFY OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS FURTHER ERODES
MY CREDIBILITY AND LEAVES ME IN EMBARRASSING POSITION OF BEING
TOTALLY IN THE DARK ON WHAT THE OFFICIAL LINE NOW IS OR WHAT
HADDON-CAVE HAS BEEN LED TO BELIEVE IT IS.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ENSURE THAT I AM QUICKLY PUT AT LEAST
AS MUCH IN THE PICTURE AS THE BRITISH GROUP BEFORE I MEET THE
GOVERNOR AT DINNER ON 31 JULY OR RISK BUMPING INTO HADDON-CAVE.
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