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OUTWARD
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TELEGRAM
Security Classification CONFIDENTIAL
Precedence
(Block Capitals)
Tel. Extn.
PRIORITY
DESKBY
FOR
COMMS. DEPT.
(Date)
USE
Despatched
POSTBY..
(Time)
...Z
PREAMBLE
(Time of Origin)
Z(G.M.T.)
CONFIDENTIAL
(Restrictive Prefix).... (Caveat/
(Security Class.).
(Codeword)
Privacy Marking)
(Deskby)
TO...
PRIORITY
(precedence)
HONG KONG
Tel. No.
of..
(post)
AND TO (precedence/post)
AND SAVING TO
REPEATED TO (for info)
SAVING TO (for info)
istribution:-
iles
KIOD
egal Advisers
Youde
ir D Watson
opies to:-
[TEXT]
Z
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Z
1.
Following Personal for Governor from Youde.
Fugitive Offenders Act.
Personal letter from Mr Blaker follows by bag.
But although the decision is definitive, we are taking
no action on it until after the elections.
We suggest
you should similarly keep the letter to yourself for
the time being. A leak could conceivably give rise to
an election issue.