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Cypher

IMMEDIATE

CONFIDENTIAL

OUTWARD TELEGRAM

FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

(The Secretary of State)

TO HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)

HWB 2/1

Sent 5th May, 1967 2240Z

CONFIDENTIAL

No. 863

Addressed to Governor, Hong Kong,

Repeated to Washington

#t Peking.

192

Your telegram No. 520.

U.S. Naval Visits.

Action proposed in last sentence of your paragraph 3 is agreed. Americans should also be informed that visit of BAINBRIDGE may have to be reviewed in light of any reactions to visit of TICONDEROGA (paragraph 4 of your telegram No. 496 refers).

Passed to DSAO for repetition to Washington and Peking./

Distribution

H.K. WIDG! I.G.D.

LAST

42.

RENT

FO/CO/WH. Distribution

Copies also sent to:-

Foreign Office

REF.

Mr. de la Mare

Mr. Bolland

#!

Ministry of Defence

J

Mr. Denson

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Fitzgerald

CONFIDENTIAL

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