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TELEGRAM NUMBER 831 OF 27 JUNE
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1. DEREK DAVIES HAS TOLD A MEMBER OF THE US CONSULATE GENERAL THAT HE SAW YOU WHILE IN LONDON RECENTLY AND THAT THE RESULTS OF THE INTERVIEW WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. DAVIES DID NOT GO INTO DETAIL BUT SAID YOU HAD ASSURED HIM THAT SUBSTANTIVE TALKS HAD TAKEN PLACE.
2. DAVIES HAS NOT VOLUNTEERED ANYTHING TO US ABOUT HIS TALK WITH YOU AND WE HAVE NOT ASKED HIM. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT GROUND WAS COVERED AND WHAT LINE YOU TOOK.
3. IT IS ALSO BEING SAID HERE (SOURCE MARY LEE) THAT THE F.E. REVIEW STORY REPORTED IN MY TELNO 851 PARA 1 WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM LONDON BY DEREK DAVIES WHERE HE HAD TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE''. MAY I ASSURE UNOFFICIALS THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED IN YOUR TALK WITH DAVIES?
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