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TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1082 OF 30 JUN
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU (FOR AMBASSADOR) AT
REQUEST OF DEPT WAS SENT TO CANBERRA TELEGRAM NO 21,4 OF 24/6 INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
ROUTINE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
FOR CULLIMORE FROM DONALD
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YOUR TELNO 324, HONG KONG TELNO 849 AND PEKING TELNO 564:
VISIT OF MR HAYDEN TO HONG KONG
1. MINISTERS HAVE AGREED THAT MR HAYDEN MAY BE BROUGHT UP TO
DATE BY A GENERAL BRIEFING ON THE COURSE OF OUR TALKS WITH THE
CHINESE PRIOR TO HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG. SINCE HE HAS NOW LEFT
CANBERRA, AND SINCE THE HIGH COMMISSIONER WILL NOT BE BACK IN
AUSTRALIA UNTIL 27 JUNE, BY WHICH TIME MR HAYDEN WILL HAVE LEFT
AUSTRALIA, I THOUGHT IT BEST TO GIVE A FURTHER PERSONAL BRIEFING
TO SIR VICTOR GARLAND FOR SAFE TRANSMISSION TO HIS FOREIGN
MINISTER. THIS IS ALSO AGAINST THE BACKGROUND THAT THE GOVERNOR
WILL NOW DEFINITELY BE ABSENT FROM HONG KONG WHEN MR HAYDEN VISITS.
2. MIFT CONTAINS A SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF WHAT I TOLD SIR VICTOR ON
23 JUNE. HE HAS UNDERTAKEN TO GET IT BACK PERSONALLY TO MR HAYDEN
THROUGH HIS OWN CHANNELS, BUT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF SIR J MASON,
WHEN HE RETURNS, COULD ALSO FEED IT INTO THE DFA AT AN
APPROPRIATELY SENIOR AND SECURE LEVEL SO THAT IT REACHES MR HAYDEN
BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG.
3. THE GOVERNOR AND THE AMBASSADOR MAY WISH TO BRING THEIR
AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUES UP TO DATE, IN STRICT CONFIDENCE, ON
SIMILAR LINES.
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