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1. SIR P CRADOCK TELEPHONED HUM THIS MORNING. HE SAID HE WISHED TO GIVE US ADVANCE WARNING THAT HE HAD SUBMITTED AN ARTICLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. HE THOUGHT IT WAS LIKELY TO BE PUBLISHED OVER THE WEEKEND, PROBABLY IN THE SUNDAY MORNING POST. IT WOULD INEVITABLY CONTAIN SOME CRITICISM OF HMG, BUT ALSO OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
2. HUM TOOK NOTE AND SAID HE WOULD PASS ON THE INFORMATION. HE COMMENTED THAT NO-ONE WOULD FIND SUCH AN ARTICLE HELPFUL AT THIS DELICATE TIME.
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