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STORY URGENTLY. HE ASSUMED THE CHINESE EMBASSY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FULL LETTER IF THIS WOULD HELP ENQUIRIES. TAN SAID HE WOULD REPORT THIS AS HIS INFORMATION, WHICH CAME FROM PEKING, DID NOT SAY WHETHER THE EMBASSY HAD YET BEEN IN TOUCH WITH H.M.G ON THE SUBJECT. HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE AMBASSADOR HAD GOT THE LETTER. HE SAID IT APPEARED FROM THE MESSAGE FROM PEKING THAT THE LETTER WAS NOT THREATENING AND COULD BE A GENUINE TIP-OFF.
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