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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 699 TU FOREIGN OFFICE

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11. BY 8.30 A.M. THE SITUATION WAS PEACEFUL, THE CROWDS HAVING

WITHDRAWN WITH SOME 40 CHINESE MILITARY AND 30 CIVILIANS STANDING

ON C.T.

12. AT TIME OF DESPATCH THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSEQUENT

INCIDENT AND PASSENGERS ARE NOT BEING UNDULY HELD UP.

CO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING 262, WASHINGTON 69, AND CANBERRA 50.

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