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TELEGRAM NUMBER 165 OF 7 APRIL
PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELNO 33: BRIEFING THE AUSTRALIANS
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1. I AGREE THAT THE BRIEFING ENVISAGED IS PRETTY ANODYNE AND WOULD NOT GIVE THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER HERE MORE THAN HE KNOWS OR SUSPECTS ALREADY. BUT HORNE IS A SENIOR MAN (FORMER AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL ETC) AND IS HELPFUL TO US IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. THE AUSTRALIANS WILL RELY ON HIS REPORTS IN ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEVELOPMENTS HERE: AND WE NEED TO KEEP HIS CONFIDENCE. THEREFORE THINK IT IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO HIM AS AUTHORISED. PROPOSE TO ASK THE POLITICAL ADVISER TO DO THIS. HE WOULD EXPLAIN THAT HE WAS REPEATING, FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, THE BRIEFING GIVEN IN CANBERRA AND COULD NOT ELABORATE ON IT.
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2. 1 NOTE FROM YOUR TELNO 285 THAT DUNN IS DUE TO LEAVE CHINA TODAY. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED NOT TO TAKE ACTION UNTIL AFTER JOHN MASON HAS DONE SO IN CABERRA (CANBERRA TELNO 173), AND WE MAY WELL NOT BE FREE TO SPEAK TO HORNE UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. I ASSUME THAT DUNN WILL LEARN IN CANBERRA WHAT IS SAID THERE. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULD NOT THE ANSWER BE FOR YOU TO TELL DUNN ON HIS RETURN THAT YOU ASSUME HE WAS BRIEFED IN
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3. BY SHOWING WILLING TO SOME EXTENT WE SHALL HOPEFULLY ALSO ENCOURAGE THE AUSTRALIANS TO TELL US AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT
ZHAO SAYS ON THE SUBJECT.
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