CYPHER/ CAT A
MMEDIATE HONGKONG
ELEGRAM NO. 2094
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 16 OCTOBER 1968.
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ADDRESSED TO C.O. TELEGRAM NO.2094 OF 16 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PA SINGAPORE, WASHINGTON AND PEKING.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO.1528 : GREY.
WE HAVE PASSED MESSAGES ABOUT THE CORRECT DATE (MY TELEGRAM (882) NO. 2091 NOT TO WASHINGTON) BUT CANNOT OF COURSE, BE SURE THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SOME OF THE NON-COMMUNIST PRESS HAS ASSUMED THAT HSUEH IS DUE OUT IN OCTOBER BUT AT LEAST ONE PAPER HAS BEEN GIVEN THE CORRECT DATE IN ANSWER TO AN ENQUIRY. THE COMMUNIST PRESS HAS BEEN SILENT ON THIS POINT. I AGREE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MISUNDERSTANDING IN SOME QUARTERS BUT EQUALLY IN OTHERS (INCLUDING HSUER HIMSELF) THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE TRUTH IS KNOWN.
2. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS CANNOT, I AM AFRAID, BE MADE INCONSPICUOUSLY. A FORMAL INSTRUMENT OF REMISSION WOULD BE NECESSARY AND QUESTIONS MIGHT WELL CET ASKED. THE ADVANTAGES OF RELEASING HSUEH BEFORE THE DUE DATE DO NOT SEEM TO ME TO OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES OF EXERCISING THE PROROGATIVE FOR SUCH A SHORT PERIOD AND FOR NO GOOD REASON RELATING TO HSUEH.
3. ACCORDINGLY, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN INSTEAD AS PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM,
F.O. PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE TO PEKING AND WASHINGTON,
SIR D. TRENCH
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