TNAG-0040-FCO40-76-Border-incidents-with-China-1968 — Page 93

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

BRITISH GOVERNMENT TELEGRAM

M730059 Gp.613/6

OT 5/22

246

GPO

18th January 1968

POST OFFICE OVERSEAS TELEGRAPHS

OFFICE STAMP AND DATE

SENDER'S INSTRUCTIONS OBGS

LT

No.

TIME

No. OF WORDS

£

CHARGE

S4

d.

CLERK'S NAME, No. AND CIRCUIT AND TIME FORWARDED

BLOCK LETTERS THROUGHOUT PLEASE

ΤΟ

§

68789

ETAT ETAT PRIORITE

FATES COMMISSIONER POLICE HONGKONG

YSTAR

FALING EROMAN HT STOR STAR BACKPAGE. REPORT OF....................

JANUARY 11TH SEEN FIRST TIME TODAY AT GOVERNMENT OFFICE STOP. AP REPORTER WAITING ME HOME ON MY ARRIVAT JANUARY 10TH STOP

„SUGGESTION REGARDING APPROACH TO BRITISH MPS THERE PUT. BY..

REPORTER AND CATEGORICALLY DENIED BY ME STOP STATEMENT.. REGARDING PITT ENTIRELY WRONG STOP PITTS NAME WAS NEVER.. ...........MENTIONED BY ME TO REPORTER STOP NOR WAS ALLEGED INCIDENT.........

INVOLVING REVOLVER AND LANDROVER STOP REST OF REPORT. GROSSLY DISTORTED STOP ONLY PRESS INTERVIEWS GIVEN HERE WERE TO.......REPORTERS WHO APPROACHED ME AND I GAVE FACTUAL ACCOUNTS AS... ...I REPORTED TO SB AND TO YOU PERSONALLY BEFORE MY DEPARTURE STOP

VERY MUCH REGRET POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT TO YOU AND FORCE

TONGAID LONDON

Hong Kong Govt. Office,

Kong...Govt...

I certify that this telegram is sent on the service of the 54 Pall Mall,

8W1 RB/SC

Signed

If priority is essential, an authorised officer of the originating department must sign the certificate. 930 7957

The Indication "EMERGENCY”, “IMMEDIATE” or “PRIORITY” written after the paid service indication =ETAT RRIORITE≈ denotes the treatment to be given by the recipient. Use of these indicators is reserved to specially authorised officers.

Government Letter Telegrams should have the indicators ELTF (European Letter Telegrams) and LTF (Extra European Letter Telegrams).

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