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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG
TELNO 629 5 APRIL 1968 (HWB)
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FROM GALSWORTHY.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 436
THERE HAS BEEN NO RECENT OFFICIAL CONTACT HERE WITH KESWICK. VARIOUS SOCIAL CONTACTS HAVE GIVEN US NO INDICATION OF HIS PLANS. LAST JULY HE EXPRESSED MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THE TREATMENT ACCORDED TO BRITISH SHIPPING IN CHINESE PORTS. THIS COULD BE MATTER WHICH HE NOW WISHES TO RAISE WITH LI. SO FAR AS MINISTERIAL CONTACT IS CONCERNED, LORD SHEPHERD HAS NOT SEEN KESWICK SINCE ATTENDING A HONG KONG ASSOCIATION LUNCH LAST SEPTEMBER.
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HE HAS NOT THEREFORE BEEN BRIEFED IN ANY WAY AND IN VIEW OF YOUR PARAGRAPH 3 IT WOULD SEEM IMPORTANT THAT LI SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT KESWICK HAS NO REPEAT NO OFFICIAL BACKING IN HIS REQUEST FOR AN INTERVIEW.
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[COPIES SENT TO CABINET OFFICE FOR SIR B.TREND
AND SECRETARY J.I.C.]
C.O. HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPT.
HEAD OF I. AND G. DEPT.
HEAD OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPT.
P.S.
P.S. TO LORD SHEPHERD
MR. R.H. MASON
MR. ROB
F.O. P.S.
SIR D. ALLEN
SIR D. GREENHILL
MR. WILKINSON
HEAD OF F.E.D. HEAD OF P.U.S.D.
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