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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, SHANGHAI
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD. FROM GOVERNOR.
UKMIS NEW YORK PERSONAL FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY TO SECRETARY OF STATE.
SIR Y.K. PAO.
1. DR. HELMUT SOHMEN, SIR Y.K.PAO'S SON-IN-LAW, HAS JUST TOLD ME THAT SIR. Y.K. PAO DIED EARLIER TODAY. HIS FAMILY IS LIKELY TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT LATER TODAY. HE HAS PROBABLY BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME, BUT THE FAMILY WAS ANXIOUS TO PLAY DOWN THE SERIOUSNESS OF HIS ILLNESS.
2. THE FAMILY WILL BE TELLING A NUMBER OF PERSONAL FRIENDS DIRECT, BUT I SUGGEST THAT YOU INFORM NO.10, SIR GEOFFREY AND LADY HOWE (WHO LEAVE THIS EVENING FOR HONG KONG) AND MRS. THATCHER (WHO TRIED TO SEE SIR.Y.K.PAO WHEN SHE WAS IN HONG KONG BUT WAS UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS).
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