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CONFIDENTIAL

LISTRATION

52

YPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN OFFICE

TEL NO 727-

CONFIDENTIAL

9 MARCH, 1967

RECEIVED IN

ARCHIVES No.63

13 MARIY0/

HOLA 2/1

ADDSD TO FOREIGN OFFICE TEL NO 727 OF 9 MARCH, REPTD FOR INFMN TO SEOUL, MANILA, SAIGON, HONG KONG, POLAD SINGAPORE.

SEOUL TEL NO 33: R AND R HONG KONG.

THIS

SINCE WE PASSED ON TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT PARA 4 OF YOUR TEL NO 80 TO MANILA THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION, OWING TO THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN MANILA QUERYING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. DIFFICULTY HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED BY MANILA TEL NO 39. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE, HOWEVER, ASKED THAT ACTION IN SEOUL BE DELAYED UNTIL THE KOREAN PRIME MINISTER HAS RETURNED TO HIS COUNTRY, HE IS DUE TO LEAVE LOS ANGELES ON 17 MARCH AND, UNLESS HE STOPS LONGER THAN EXPECTED IN TOKYO, SHOULD BE BACK IN SEOUL ON THE 18TH

2.

STATE DEPARTMENT ASSURED US THAT IF BOTH OUR MISSIONS IN SEOUL THOUGHT THAT A JOINT APPROACH WAS NECESSARY AND DESIRABLE, THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO COOPERATE. THEY ASKED THAT, AS THE KOREANS WERE LIKELY TO COMPARE NOTES WITH THE FILIPINOS, WE SHOULD USE THE SAME ARGUMENTS IN SEOUL AS IN MANILA. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOT LIKELY TO BE ANY DIFFICULTY ABOUT THIS. F.O. PASS SEOUL 5, MANILA 5, SAIGON 33, HONG KONG 35 AND

POLAD SINGAPORE 9.

SIR P.

DEAN

SENT Ø209 10 MARCH 1967

RECD 0211 10 MARCH 1967

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION

F.O. FAR EASTERN DEPT.

S.E.A.D.

C.O. FAR EAST & PACIFIC DEPT.

D.T.D.

•

CONFIDENTIAL

SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.) TELEGRAM

NO.

486