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96834/15/48.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

C. D. R. 3 NOV

2

D.

Secretary of State

Your Reference.

26

Ausd 45.

For Mr. Blackburne's signature

D. M. Mac DOUGALL, ESQ., CMG.

Colonial Secretary,

Hong Kong.

FURTHER ACTION.

Mr

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Dear MacDougall,

paragraph 2

In pare. 27 of the Notes on

my visit to Hong Kong I said that

further enquiry would be made into

the possibility of enabling the

Hong Kong Broadcasting Station to

be heard over a wider area. I had

in mind the need for further

discussion with the Foreign Office

in regard to the points which they

raised when the proposal was last

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referred to them see the Secretary

of State's Secret Despatch No.10

of the 3rd June. Several people

in Hong Kong, including I think,

yourself, told me that people in

South China and particularly in

Canton were very anxious to listen

to the programmes from Radio Hong Kong.

I think it might be worth while

my having a further informal talk

with the people in the Foreign Office

about this matter in the hope that

/they