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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3208
OF 13154OZ DECEMBER 88
INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK
INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
15
YOUR TELNO 4559: VISIT OF LORD GLENARTHUR TO HONG KONG AND
THAILAND
·
1 IT IS A PITY THAT THE NEWS HAS LEAKED, BUT WE ARE NOT TAKING IT TOO TRAGICALLY. IF ASKED NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL CONFIRM UNATTRIBUTABLY THAT LORD GLENARTHUR WILL BE VISITING HONG KONG IN THE NEW YEAR. WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO BRING FORWARD THE DATE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE VISIT, GIVEN THAT THE DATE HAS NOW BEEN CLEARED WITH THE THAIS.
2.
MIFT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH NEWS DEPT WILL
DRAW AS NECESSARY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT 123OZ ON
15 DECEMBER.
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