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INWARD TELEGRAM
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
FROM HONG KONG (0.A.G.)
D. 8 July, 1967. R. 8
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IMMEDIATE No. 987
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Addressed to Commonwealth Office
Peking No. 395,
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POLAD Singapore No.224 and Washington No.217
(S. of S. please pass Immediate to all)
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My telegram No. 985.
Hong Kong Evening News has now published an
extra edition in which quoting its own sources it
claims that "Ghurkha troops proceeding to the rescue of police in Sha Tau Kok village had been surrounded by militia and had been unable to extricate themselves because of the militia". It adds that the P.L.A. had not yet joined in the fighting.
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Needless to say the reference to Ghurkhas
has no relation to reality.
(Passed as requested)
(Advance copies passed to Resident Clerk,
P.S. to Commonwealth Secretary, Messrs, de la Mare,
Bolland, Wilson and Denson)
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Mr Foggon
News Dept.
Mr. D. Hawkins
Treasury
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