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CONFIDENTIAL
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FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno 510
31 May 1968
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 510 of 31 May, Repeated for information to Hong Kong, POLAD Singapore and Washington.
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Your telegram No. 1032 to Hong Kong: United States Naval
I am concerned to see that we are contemplating permitting a visit to Hong Kong by so heavy a ship within so short a time after the Chinese protest on Enterprise.
A postponement of one week is not long enough to persuade Chinese that this is not (repeat not) a deliberate provocation. I appreciate that we should not (repeat not) wish to cause Americans severe administrative inconvenience but I trust that possible effect on Sino-British relations will be taken into account.
Foreign Office pass Immediate to POLAD Singapore 145 and Washington 124.
Sir D. Hopson
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