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Flag V.

Reference...

либ

consultus on the insits and programmes

of capital ships (which attract most

attention and are

seferred to specfially

no

in quide line D.) I know of requirement that they should do so.

Visits of nuclear powered

Sakmaries have not attracted any political repercussions and, off hand, I can remember only

one occasion

when they received a mention in The local Communist pass summaries (when one

in

was mentioned interalia

distribal against The Enterprise

and the alleged

increase in the

number of visits by US. warships.)

As

regards your

min 4/1

The attitude of the Min/Def arises

from difficulties

I visit by

over the proposed

The Enter

See E/174 on

Enterprise in May

1966

FED 82/403/05 - which was defused. Hong Kong consulted us on that occasion and, in view of the

frouble they

stirred

up

There is no

reason to doubt that they will do so if they ever want to refuse another such

viuit. The Fo. view is more

difficult

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