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ROUTINE
CENFO 018
CYPHER
FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG DATED 14TH FEBRUARY
ROUTINE
CONFIDENTIAL
CHRISTIAN 002 OF 14 FEBRUARY
FOR CARTER HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM HANNAM.
TUNNEL.
NO HARM WAS DONE BUT COWPERTHWAIT AND I WERE BOTH EMBAR- RASSED BY DICKENSON'S MOST HELPFUL TELEGRAM EXCED 29 BEING ADDRESSED
TO ME AND REPEATED TO GOVERNOR. THE DIFFICULTY OCCURRED IN SENDING TO GOVERNOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPETING
OFFERS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 3. I HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A POTENTIAL SHAREHOLDER DID NOT DIVULGE THE CONTENTS OF THESE PARAGRAPHS TO THE TUNNEL COMPANY, (AS FOR INSTANCE THEY DID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTLINED IN PARA-
GRAPH 1 OF MY EXCED 019). COWPERTHWAITE OF COURSE GAVE THIS ASSURANCE, BUT SAID HE FELT THAT THERE WERE SOME PARTS OF THE TELEGRAM HE SHOULD NOT HAVE SEEN.
2. PLEASE ASSURE E.C.G.D. THAT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE ON THIS
OCCASION, AND THAT I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EXPLANATORY TELEGRAMS WHICH HAVE CLEARED UP MANY MISCONCEPTIONS HERE.
BUT ANYBODY COMMUNICATING WITH HONG KONG MUST BEAR IN MIND
THE EXTRAORDINARY CONDITIONS HERE OF WHICH YOU ARE ONLY TOO WELL
AWARE.
ENDS.
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SENT AT
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