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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO. 211
17 FEBRUARY 1968
CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED C.O. TELEGRAM 211 OF 17 FEBRUARY REPEATED
EKING.
MY TELEGRAM 206 : COMMUNIST PRESS.
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AFTER DISCUSSION ALL SUMS DUE HAVE BEEN PAID. SUSPENSION OF REGIST-
RATION OF NEWSPAPERS HAS THEREFORE BEEN LIFTED.
2. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE PAPERS ARE ANXIOUS TO PUBLISH
TOMORROW SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THIS EFFECT
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AND HAVE RECEIVED MESSAGES OF GOODWILL FROM CHINA. THEY HAVE BEEN
TOLD THAT WHILE WE CANNOT GUARANTEE WHAT ATTITUDE COURTS WOULD
ADOPT TOWARDS PUBLICATION BEFORE PERIOD OF SUSPENSION HAS ELAPSED, GOVERNMENT WOULD THEMSELVES TAKE A LENTENT VIEW OF THE MATTER.
SHOWED
DISCUSSIONS SHOWED THAT THERE HAD CLEARLY BEEN A GENUINE MIS-
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT TERM OF THE SUPPRESSION ORDER.
C.0. PLEASE PASS PEKING 68.
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SIR D. TRENCH
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