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Sir S. Tomlinson

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Mr. Carter 965) No: Gay/mana (o.r.)

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THE GREY AND BROOKE CASES:

MR. LONG'S COMPLAINT

Before submitting my minute of 31 July covering a

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draft reply to Mr. Long's recent letter about Mr. Anthony

Grey, I tried to confirm with Mr. Long that the reply would

be for his eyes only. (I assumed this to be the case since

Mr. Long's own letter was marked "Private and Confidential".)

Mr. Long was, however, absent from his office for a couple

of days.

2. Mr. Long returned my telephone call this morning. I

said that in drafting the reply we had assumed that it would.

be for his eyes only and that accordingly the draft

(a)

had referred to the delicacy of our position in Hong Kong

in terms which we would not use publicly and,

(b) | had mentioned the proposals made to the Chinese through

covert channels, of which he was the only person outside

government to be taken into confidence.

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Mr. Long immediately confirmed that his whole correspondence

with the Secretary of State about Mr. Grey had been on this

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basis, and that the reply to his most recent letter would be

certainly treated with similar discretion. If he subsequently '

wanted a reply which he could show more widely, e.g. to members

of the staff, he would be in touch with us again.

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