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DESKBY PEKING Ø301002
FM HONG KONG Ø223407
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 827 OF 2 JULY, 1980
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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M IP T: INCIDENT INVOLVING H.M.T. CLARE
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT WHICH WE WILL ISSUE IF
THE STORY BREAKS:
**H.M.T. CLARE WAS ON PATROL ON ANTI ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS OFF DEEP BAY IN THE EARLY MORNING OF 3 JULY WHEN SHE
WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH A CHINESE PATROL CRAFT. THE CHINESE PATROL CRAFT STOPPED HMT CLARE ON SUSPICION THAT SHE WAS IN CHINESE WATERS. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHINESE VESSEL
THE TWO SHIPS PROCEEDED TO AN ANCHORAGE IN THE VICINITY OF DA
CHAN ISLAND. DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ARE NOW
PROCEEDING TO RESOLVE THE MATTER.'
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