L.
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
94003/4/50
Typez
TO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)
Sent 27th November, 1950. 13.45 hrs.
PRIORITY
No. 1771.
Secret.
Addressed to Governor Hong Kong. Repeated to Peking and Tamsui.
Your telegram No. 1149. My telegram No. 1533.
Nationalist Refugees.
You will have seen Peking telegram No. 1873 to Foreign Office repeated to you for information. Since course proposed in paragraph 4 of your telegram is impracticable I agree that you should now follow course proposed in your paragraph 2 and, if necessary, in your paragraph 3. But I hope that you will adopt so far as possible recommendations in paragraph 2 (b) and (c) of Peking telegram No. 1873.
Copies to Foreign Office for transmission to
Peking and Tamsui.
Copies sent to:-
Forsign Office
Mr. Trench
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