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(3) A TOTAL OF 391 0.5. WARSHIPS VISITED HONG KONG IN 1966: 376 IN 1967: AND 176 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1968.

(C) LIAISON MACHINERY EXISTS TO ENSURE IN ADVANCE THAT VISITS ARE

CCFPTABLE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND TO DEAL WITH ANY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE.

(D) J.S. NUCLEAR POWERED WARSHIPS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO VISIT HONG KONG UNLESS H.M.G. AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY PRESENTED NO THREAT TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF THE

RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG OR CHINA.

CE) THE ROYAL NAVY ARRANGES ON REQUEST BERTHS AND HARBOUR FACILITIES, SUCH AS TUGS, THROUGH THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE.

(F) THERE IS VERY CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE HONG KONG POLICE AND V.S. NAVAL SHORE PATROLS. INCIDENTS OF LAW-BREAKING ARE VERY RARE.

(G) ALL OTHER ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING THOSE FOR THE SHIP'S CREWS ARE MADE BY THE U.S. CONSULATE-GENERAL.

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SENT 0740Z 16 JULY 1968

RECD 0741Z 16 JULY 1968