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CYPHER/CAT A

ROUTINE TOKYO

TELEGR

[ELEGRAM NO. 202

TO FOREIGN OFFICE

19 FEBRUARY 1968

207

CONFIDENTIAL.

ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NO 202 OF 19 FEBRUARY

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG AND

MOSCOW.

CHINA SECTION OF MY.F.A. HAS DRAWN OUR ATTENTION TO QUOTE

IZVESTIYA UNQUOTE ARTICLE OF 6 FEBRUARY 1968 ABOUT HONG KONG AND

ENTITLED QUOTE YIELDING TO THE COLONIALISTS UNQUOTE. MY.F.A.

ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED' TO KNOW EXTENT TO WHICH ARTICLE REFLECTS

QUOTE SECRET UNQUOTE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AUTHORITIES AND

PEKING.

2. WE PROPOSE TO TAKE THE LINE THAT ARTICLE IS TYPICAL SOVIET

PROPAGANDA PIECE UNLESS THERE ARE ANY SPECIAL POINTS YOU WOULD

WISH US TO EMPHASISE FOR BENEFIT OF MY.F.A.

: как

F.O. PASS HONG KONG 20 AND MOSCOW 2.

SIR J. PILCHER

модоби г MOSCOW

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