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PRIORITY

CONFIDENTIAL

GOVERNOR HONG KONG

GOVERNOR HONG KONG

PEKING

PEKING

Your telegram 968: Chung Wah School and Visas.

We agree that it is possible the Chinese are

delaying action on exit visas to see whether for-

mal notification of deregistration is given. We

accept that in the circumstances it would be wrong

to alter the decision and that you should accor-

dingly proceed with the actual notification on 13

August. We welcome your proposal to release two

detainees as a countervailing gesture. We wonder

whether in view of the possible connexion with

C.01 Hong Kong Deptexit visaɛ you would find it possible to increase

the number to say three or four.

Departmental: FED

D.S.A.0.

'ersonnel Dept.

2. We shall certainly consider reactivating the

diplomatic offensive if Hopson is not granted his

visa by 10 August. But we doubt very much if

governments would respond quickly enough for any

pressure to be brought to bear on the Chinese by

13 August. In order to keep up the pressure, how-

ever, we would propose if necessary to make

public statement on the lines suggested in

Peking telegram No. 718, possibly on 12 August.