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¿CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HONG KONG TELNO. 344 TO PEKING
10 AUGUST 196d
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ADDRESSED PEKING TELNO 344 OF 10TH AUGUST.
PERSONAL FOR HOPSON.
YOUR TELEGRAM 490.
DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOUR NEWS. UNLESS I HEAR TO THE CONTRARY WE
WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET THE 10 A.N. CEXPRESS) TRAIN FROM
CANTON: BUT IF YOU ARE NOT ON THIS WE WILL MEET THE AFTERNOON
TRAIN AND ALL SUCCESSIVE ONES UNTIL WE HAVE NEWS OF YOU.
2.
I HOPE TO MEET YOU AT LOWU CNOT AT THE STATION ITSELF FOR
OBVIOUS REASONS) AND TO TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE
BY HELICOPTER. THIS FOR REASONS OF COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE,
SECURITY, AND TO LIMIT PRESS INTERFERENCE. TRANSPORT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO MAY COME WITH YOU AND BAGGAGE.
3. GETTING YOU THROUGH THE CHINESE BORDER MAY TAKE AN HOUR OR
SO, AND I THINK YOU WOULD BE WISE TO EXPECT DEMONSTRATIONS OF SOME
KIND ON THE CHINESE SIDE. WHILE I VERY MUCH DOUBT THAT YOU WILL
BE IN ANY WAY ACTUALLY HOLESTED, THERE MAY BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF CHANTING AND SO ON.
LAGET
REF.
/4. WE WILL
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