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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JIG HỒNG KÔNG, BÍC HONG KONG
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FCO TELNO 199 (NOT TO ALL): REUTERS' EXPANSION IN CHINA
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REUTERS HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE NOW RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THE MFA TO OPEN UP AN OFFICE IN SHANGHAI. THEY INTEND TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TRANSFERRING ANDY BROWNE FROM THEIR PEKING OFFICE AS THEIR FIRST SHANGHAI CORRESPONDENT.
2. REUTERS WERE GRATEFUL FOR HMG'S EFFORTS ON THEIR BEHALF. OUR LAST NOTE APPEARS TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK: THE MFA COMMENTED TO REUTERS THAT ''BRITISH DIPLOMATS WERE CLEVER WITH WORDS'' EXCLAM.
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