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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NO 436 OF 2 MAY.
HEUNG YEE KUK VISIT.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 036 OF 30 APRIL, 1977.
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EDITORIAL IN SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST OF 29 APRIL SAID THAT
CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED OF REPORTS FROM LONDON THAT HEUNG YEE KUK IS TO BE ALLOWED ''DIRECT ACCESS'' WITH FOREIGN OFFICE.
2. I SEE NO OBJECTION TO RECORDS OF INTERVIEW BEING SENT TO THE KUK THROUGH S.N.T. IF MEMBERS OF KUK ISSUE SOME STATEMENT
ON THEIR RETURN TO PUT MATTERS STRAIGHT, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
3. PERSONALLY I RATHER DOUBT IF ANYTHING CONCLUSIVE CAN NOW BE
DONE VIS-A-VIS THE PUBLIC TO CORRECT THE MISREPRESENTATION THAT
HAS OCCURRED, NO DOUBT THE TRUE SITUATION IS REALISED BY THE LEADERS OF THE KUK, THOUGH THEY MAY MAKE SPASMODIC ATTEMPTS TO
EXPLOIT THE MISUNDERSTANDING.
MACLEHOSE
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MR MURRAY
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