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IN REGISTRY
10 JAN 1960
FICES
FM HONG KONG 10135OZ JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER $4 OF 10 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 53 : HONG KONG BILL.
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IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT UMELCO WILL WANT TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO LONDON TO ATTEND THE DEBATE. THEY WILL DECIDE TOMORROW FRIDAY AND WILL NEED TO BOOK FLIGHTS AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IMMEDIATELY.
2. I DID NOT GIVE UMELCO THE DATE FOR THE DEBATE BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE QUICKLY WORKED OUT FOR THEMSELVES FROM THE TWO WEEKEND' ' CONVENTION (PARA 2(B) OF YOUR TELIO 43) THAT IT COULD COME IN THE WEEK BEGINNING THE 21ST JANUARY.
THEY ARE
3. THEY WILL NEED AN EXPLANATION FOR THE PRESS AS TO WHY PLANNING TO GO IN THAT WEEK. I SUGGEST THEY SHOULD BE ADVISED TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE MADE PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT WEEK. BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH NO FIRM DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, THE SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS COULD TAKE PLACE ADOUT THAT TIME. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS LIME
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