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MDHIAN 0049
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FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 31063OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 230
OF 31053OZ OCTOBER 91
INFO DESKBY 3108OOZ FCO
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
F C O PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS.
ERIC HOTUNG.
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1 I RAN INTO ERIC HOTUNG ON MY WAY INTO THE EMBASSY TODAY (31 OCTOBER). HE SAID HE HAD COME TO SIGN THE BOOK AND WOULD BE IN PEKING UNTIL THE MORNING OF 2 NOVEMBER. I HAVE INVITED HIM TO LUNCH TOMORROW, 1 NOVEMBER.
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I HAVE SINCE SEEN THE TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES ABOUT THE VISIT WHICH HOTUNG PAID HERE IN MAY THIS YEAR, RESTING WITH PEKING TELNO 136 TO YOU OF 9 MAY. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER HE HAS SEEN, OR IS SEEING ANY SENIOR CHINESE CONTACTS ON THIS OCCASION, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY POINTS OF WHICH I SHOULD BE AWARE BEFORE SEEING HIM (OTHER THAN THE GENERAL ONES IN EARLIER TELEGRAMS) I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A TELEGRAM DESKBY 010015Z NOV.
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