TOP SECRET
TOP SECRET CYPHER TELEGRAM.
DESPATCHED BY 0.T.P.
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AMENDED CIRCULATION
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1288
071915A
TOD 072135A
FLASH.
From: Ministry of Defence, London.
Headquarters Land Forces, Hong Kong.
To:
DEF 610
For Casey from Price.
7th June 1949.
Please pass to Minister of Defence from Prime
Minister.
Your 071420.
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Suggest you omit suggestion that you are in Hong Kong on Cabinet instructions and make no public reference to further reinforcements in view of Cabinet decision of 26th May. You might say that you are studying the defence of Hong Kong, with particular reference to problems caused by present unsettled conditions: the finited Kingdom Government hopes to establish friendly relations with whatever Government is in power in China: this is in no way inconsistent with close examination of the defence problem here.
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HONG KONG DISTRIBUTION
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