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Peking telegram No. 63 to Foreign Office

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My strong preference is that at this stage we should not(repeat not) act as proposed in your paragraph 5 but should hold this in reserve and in the meantime explore Chinese attitude on deportation by carrying out a trial run with our two film stars. It would be wiser to make this probe first before situation is complicated by attempts to make Chinese effect an exchange under threat.

Foreign Office pass Hong Kong 33.

Sir D. Hopson

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