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FM HONG KONG 210307Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3540 OF 21 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
*
(93
97
LA
YOUR TELNO 1417 TO PEKING AND PEKING TELNO 2791 : PRIME MINISTER'S
VISIT: GIFTS.
WE WOULD ADVISE MOST STRONGLY AGAINST PRESENTING A CLOCK. IT IS BOUND TO GIVE RISE TO UNWARRANTED COMMENT IN HONG KONG AND WILL BE PLAYED UP BY THE MEDIA AS A MOST INAUSPICIOUS ACT. (IN CANTONESE, THE WORDS 'PRESENTING A CLOCK'' SOUND IDENTICAL TO ''BURYING A PARENT'' OR, GENERALLY, ''ATTENDING A FUNERAL'').
YOUDE
LIMITED
FED.
HKD
PROTOCOL.D.
PS
PS / PUS PS / MR-LUCE. MR. WILSON.
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