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CONFIDENTIAL

IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE

Telno. 306

20 March 1967

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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 306 of 20 March,

Repeated for information Immediate to Hong Kong.

2) Hong Kong telegram No. 355 to Commonwealth Office.

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There has been nothing further in the Peking Press so far about American ships in Hong Kong since 17 March (my telegram No. 298) and in particular nothing about the so-called "plot to turn Hong Kong into a country". Never- theless they may be cooking something up on this subject so I should be grateful for some immediate guidance as to what I should say if these allegations are included in an official Chinese protest.

Mr. Hopson

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