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HONG KONG TELEGRA NO.185 TO COLFONA LMH OFFICE.

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5.

1 CAN SEE THE FORCE OF PEKING'S OBJECTION TO OUR TAKING THE

INITIATIVE IN RAISING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN WITH THE NCNA IF OUR

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INTENTION IS TO GIVE GROUND. IF, HOWEVER, THE MFA BRING UP THE

MATTER AGAIN CAS IT SEEMS TO ME THEY VERY WELL MAY IN THE COURSE

OF FURTHER EXCHANGES ABOUT MOVEMENTS BY STAFF OF THE EMBASSY) I

SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT MARGINALLY BE USEFUL TO RAISE

THE POINT IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 5 WITH THEM. IT MAY ALSO BE WORTH

CONSIDERING WHETHER AT THE SAME TIME TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THE

PRISONERS THEY REGARD AS ''PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS''.

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FOREIGN OFFICE LEASE PASS IN EDINTE PEKING AS LY TELEGRAM NO. 60.

SIR D.TRENCH ·

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