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24 SEP 1980
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RESTRICTED
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TO ROUTINE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 497 OF 22 SEPTEMBER
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPARTMENT WAS SENT TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 809 OF 19 SEPTEMBER.
HONG AID TELNO 1944: MR WALTER EASEY.
1. EASEY SPOKE TO PRESS THIS MORNING. SINCE THEN THERE HAS . BEEN PRESS INTEREST IN REMARKS APPARENTLY MADE BY EASEY ABOUT MY FAR EAST TRIP. THESE REFER TO QUOTE SECRET TALKS UNQUOTE AND A QUOTE SELL OUT UNQUOTE OF HONG KONG.
2. IN ANSWER TO ENQUIRIES NEWS DEPARTMENT HAVE SAID THAT THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME UP DURING MY VISIT. THEY HAVE DENIED ANY QUOTE SECRET TALKS UNQUOTE CR QUOTE SELL OUT UNQUOTE, ADDING THAT THE CONTENT OF TALKS HELD BY ME ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
CARRINGTON
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