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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO RAWALPINDI
TELNO 978
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4 AUGUST 1967
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ADDRESSED TO RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM NO 978 OF 4 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO 0.A.G. HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 807: HONG KONG.
ON REGISTRAT
PAKISTAN ANXIETY IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WE ARE GLAD TO NOTE THAT PIRACHA'S APPROACH WAS ALONG REASONABLE LINES.
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2. PLEASE TELL PIRACHA THAT WE UNDERSTAND PAKISTAN GOVERNMENTS' CONCERN FOR THEIR NATIONALS SERVING IN HONG KONG. YOU MAY INFORM HIM IN CONFIDENCE OF FACTS OF SHA TAU KOK INCIDENT AS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 4 AND 5 OF GUIDANCE TELEGRAM NUMBER 189, ADDING THAT OF THE FIVE FATAL POLICE CASUALTIES, TWO WERE PAKISTANIS, THE OTHER THREE BEING CHINESE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER FATAL CASUALTIES AMONG THE PAKISTANI CONTINGENT. YOU MAY ALSO SAY THAT SINCE SHA TAU KOK INCIDENT THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR INCIDENTS OF STONE-THROWING BY VILLAGERS ACROSS BORDER, BUT THAT SITUATION IN NEW TERRITORIES THEMSELVES IS QUIET AS IT HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THE DISTURBANCES.
3. ON FUTURE DEPLOYMENT OF PAKISTANI POLICE YOU MAY PASS ON I INFORMATION IN PARAGRAPHS 1, 2, AND 4, AND FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 1119. WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO REASSURE PAKISTAN AUTHORITIES.
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