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FM PEKING 280400Z MAY 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 52 OF 28 MAY
INFO F C 0.
LOSS OF CONTAINER SHIP
w.p.
1. I AGREE WITH THE SENDING OF A RESPONSIBLE CHINESE CIVILIAN TO CONTACT NG'S WIFE. I ALSO AGREE IT IS BETTER NOT TO INVOLVE THE NCNA (NOR THE CHINESE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES).
2. NG'S DEATH, AND THE COMPENSATION OFFERED, MAY, HOWEVER, ATTRACT PUBLICITY. IT MAY THEREFORE BE PRUDENT TO CONSIDER INFORMAL NOTIFICATION FROM YOUR SIDE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO THE CANTON AUTHORITIES, AS A COURTESY, IF SOME CONVENIENT CHANNEL FOR SUCH ACTION EXISTS. BUT, THAT POSSIBILITY APART, ACTION SHOULD BE KEPT TO THAT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER'S REPRESENTATIVE AND THE NEXT OF KIN.
CRADOCK
MINIMAL
S AM D DEFENCE D MAED
CONS D FED
HK & GD
(THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
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