BY BAG
CONFIDENTIAL
(44) in SCR 4/3571/62
JFR Martin Esq
Far Eastern Department FCO
(13)
譬
Government
27 September, 1976
M. Mon
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2
Exte
سلام
2013
DEATH OF CHAIRMAN MAO
With reference to the last sentence of my letter of 22 September, the NCNA have now cancelled the reception which they were going to hold on 30 September and we understand that other National Day celebrations scheduled for 1 October have also been cancelled in keeping with paragraph 1 of Peking telegram No 760 of 24 September.
2.
With reference to paragraph 4 of my letter of 22 September, I enclose a copy of the letter of thanks which the Governor received from the NCNA, thanking him for his wreath and his attendance in person at the mourning service for Chairman MAO which was held in Hong Kong. As far as ve are avare, this must be the first written communication from a Chinese official addressed to the Governor of Hong Kong since 1949, you may like to check from your records. The letters addressed to Alan Donald and john Curle were very similar, but did not include thanks for any wreath.
CC
T J David Esq
Hong Kong Department FCO
RR Garside Esq
PEKING
(CDS Drace-Francis)
CONFIDENTIAL