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TELEGRAM NUMBER 2045
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 2045 OF 2ND OCTOBER REPEATED PEKING, WASHINGTON AND SAVING TO PA SINGAPORE.
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 1048 : U.S. NAVAL VISITS TO HONG KONG.
THERE HAVE BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AMERICANS AND A FULL REPORT FOLLOWS BY BAG. IN THE MEANTIME THE AMERICANS HAVE FORMALLY SOUGHT CLEARANCE FOR A VISIT BY THE NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER CCGCN)) LONG BEACH FROM 22ND TO 27TH OCTOBER.
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2. OF THE FOUR NUCLEAR WARSHIPS WHICH HAVE VISITED HONG KONG THIS YEAR TWO (SEA DRAGON (SSN) AND SWORDFISH (SSN)) HAVE BEEN
'SMALLER NUCLEAR SHIPS' AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 1412 (THERE ARE NO NUCLEAR POWERED FRIGATES IN THE U.S. NAVY). A THIRD CTRUXTON) WAS A GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (DLGN). A VISIT BY LONG BEACH WOULD THERE FORE BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO VISITS BY NUCLEAR POWERED VESSELS SINCE 豐 'ENTERPRISE' WAS HERE FROM 24TH TO 30TH MAY. I THEREFORE PROPOSE TO. GRANT CLEARANCE.
FO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING AND WASHINGTON.
SIR D. TRENCH
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