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NANKING TELEGRAM NO. 817 TO FOREIGN OFFICE

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altogether from Hong Kong there may be some benefit in permitting it centralised distribution through a known agency which can be punished each time it over- steps certain established limits. Our own experience suggests news releases of these official or [gpsundea] normally provides a regular and convenient source of valuable intelligence material from which to interpret policies or intentions of political source of inspiration and therefore may be held to serve some useful purpose.

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