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Telno 338 29 March, 1967

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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 338 of

29 March

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POLAD Singapore Washington

My telegram No. 241 to Hong Kong.

There has been a lot of publicity on B.B.C. about operations carried out by Enterprise against North Viet Nam shortly after she left Hong Kong.

I understand the present arrangement is that Americans have agreed to exclude publicity about ships immediately prior to visits to Hong Kong. Publicity immediately afterwards is nearly as bad, and I wonder whether the Americans could be persuaded to forgo this too, though I realise their difficulties and that people in the United States like to hear what their boys are doing.

Foreign Office please pass Washington 192.

Mr. Hopson

Sent 0919 29 March, 1967 Recd 0959 29 March, 1967

[Repeated as requested]

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