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Peking telegram No.133 to Foreign Office.
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(a) I note that the Governor considers the possibility of including an NCNA official among the visitors (paragraph 7 (a) of telegram under referend
(e) In the end our object is quick access to Grey. I consider such access important enough to justify slight straining of the rules in the above sense.
6.[sic] If above is agreed I could make an immediate approach to the Chinese, though I would not propose to go into detailed points at the end of paragraph 5 which I think would be better dealt with in Hong Kong at time arrangements are made. This approach would not cut across expected Chinese reply on visas and on Grey-Hsueh-ping exchange, though we might hear something, particularly on the second point, at the same time. Again I think it most important we should move quickly if we want to avoid the danger of joint communications expiring.
Sir D.Hopson
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