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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
Telno 1382 13 September, 1967
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Your telegram No.1870.
Communist Press.
I confirm I still wish to have authority to make emergency regulations against Broadsheets on the lines described.
2. The situation is continually changing. The assessment in paragraph 3 of my telegram 1372 indicated a possible change in Communist policy not the abandonment of inflammatory broadsheets as a weapon. Later information suggests they intend reducing the number of broadsheets produced, while "improving the quality" of those remaining in publication.
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Executive Council has agreed to the making of the regulations in my discretion and I should like to be in a position to do so quickly if necessary.
O.A.G.
Sent 02562/13 September Recd 03002/13 September
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