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4. AS REGARDS RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM 581 THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY

REPATRIATIONS TO PAKISTAN WILL BE MET BY THIS GOVERNMENT. THE

REMAINING POINTS MADE BY RAWALPINDI ARE BEING CONSIDERED. I AGREE

THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO GO OFF AT HALF-COCK AND SUGGEST APPROACHES

TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA BE DEFERRED UNTIL IT

BECOMES CLEAR WHETHER THE TENTATIVE DATE MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 4

OF MY TELEGRAM 519 FOR POSSIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESTRICTIONS

CAN BE ADHERED TO.

FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO RAWALPINDI, DELHI, PEKING AND HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE.

SIR D. TRENCH

F.C.O. DISTRIBUTION

HONG KONG DEPT.

/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/

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