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OUTWARD TELEGRAM

FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

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54064/49

Cypher (0.T.P.)

TO HONG KONG (51P A. Grantham)

Sent 3rd August, 1949. 22.30 hrs.

No.1035 secret.

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Addressed to Governor, Hong Kong.

Repeated to His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador,

Your telegram No.699, paragraph 5,

Nanking

Expulsion of vagrants, etc., from Colony.

I should be grateful if you would consult with Ambassador Nanking before taking action so as to minimies as far as possible repercussions in China

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(Copies sent to Foreign Office for transmission

to Nanking)

Copies sent to:-

Foreign Office

Mr. P. D. Coates