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15/6/69.
In Hong Kong telegram No. 465 of 7 June, Lord Shepherd
has informed the Secretary of State that he is deferring his
recommendation on the future handling of the Grey case until
his return on 19 June, by which time we are promised a
further full appraisal by the Governor of Hong Kong. Lord
Shepherd doubts if this appraisal will differ greatly from
the arguments already put forward by the Governor and
summarised in the telegram. Lord Shepherd has evidently
been impressed by these arguments, since he goes on to
Buggoot that it would be very desirable to defer public
knowledge of any deal over Mr. Brooke until after October,
since otherwise Mr. Grey's chances of early release might be
affected adversely,
2. East European and Soviet Department on 9 June put
forward a recommendation that we should accept the latest
Soviet counter-proposal about the Brooke case which, if
a d opted, would mean that by 1 July at the latest it would
become public knowledge that we had made a bargain with the
Russians over Mr. Brooke. What are the immediate implications
of this for the Grey case?
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