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YPHER CAT A
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15 JULY 1968
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DRESSED CO TELNO 896 OF 15TH JULY FFI PEKING AND SAVING PA SINGA-
PORE AND WASHINGTON.
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MY TELEGRAM 895 : SINO BRITISH RELATIONS.
MY COMMENTS ON THIS MEETING, WHICH TOOK TWO AND A HALF HOURS, ARE
AS FOLLOWS.
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I STILL SUSPEND JUDGEMENT ON THE QUESTION WHETHER THE C P G WILL IN THE END TRY TO USE THIS CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION FOR SERIOUS BUSINESS, BUT I SEE ADVANTAGE IN KEEPING THE CHANNEL· OPEN, ESPECIALLY AS WE CAN DO SO AT VIRTUALLY NO RISK. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DESTRE BY THE C P G TO GET DOWN TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I HAVE THEREFORE INSTRUCTED CATER TO ACT AS SUGGESTED BY CONTACT IN LAST SENTENCE OF PARA A OF
TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
3. ONCE AGAIN AN ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE OUR CONDUCT IN HONG KONG APPEARS, THIS TIME BY SUGGESTING THAT PEACEFUL RELATIONS WITH CHINA WILL DEPEND UPON ACTION OVER PRISONERS AND STRIKERS' AND UPON EFFORTS IN HONG KONG TO BRING THE HAWKS ALLEGEDLY HERE UNDER CONTROL. IT SEEMSAPPARENT THAT CONTACT HINSELF IS SUSPICIOUS
OF THE MOTIVE BEHIND THESE SUGGESTIONS,
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/4. THE POSSIBILITY
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