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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 353 OF 24 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, BRUNEI (FOR PS/MR LUCE)
INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE (FOR PS/MR LUCE)
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YOUR TELNO 518: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT
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HKK 027/12
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27 FEB 1934
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WE SHOULD PREFER YOU TO SAY TO EXCO NO MORE THAN THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTENDS TO VISIT HONG KONG BEFORE TOO LONG. THIS IS THE LINE THAT MR LUCE IS HIMSELF AUTHORISED TO TAKE WITH
EXCO.
2.
OUR PRESS LINE REMAINS AS IN OUR TELNO 335. - HKK 027/2
A MAJOR CONSIDERATION IS THAT IT WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE FOR ANYTHING TO BE SAID WHICH MIGHT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FUEL
PUBLIC SPECULATION ABOUT A VISIT BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PEKING. ANY STATEMENT WHICH AMOUNTED TO MORE EXPLICIT CONFIRM-
ATION OF THE HONG KONG VISIT COULD HAVE THAT EFFECT.
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PS/PUS
MR DONALD
COPIES TO:
SIR P CRADDOCK.
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