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to him, as an alternative, a regular exchange

of information, but not intelligence, on China.

This would not, however, involve Hong Kong

and would be carried out either in London or

Moscow.

I have now discussed this with the Prime

Minister and he has agreed the above line, but

we are not putting it to the Russians until

we have had a word with the Americans.

You will presumably wish to tell the Governor

of Hong Kong of Kosygin's proposal and our

reactions to it. There is no objection to

this, but would you stress that it should be

dealt with strictly on a need-to-know basis?

17 April, 1967