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CYPHER/CAT.A.
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
exc.
TELEGRAM NO./EXCED 79
CONFIDENTIAL
Head H.K. Dept.
ADVANCE COPY
IMMEDIATE
(115)
kre
TO E.C.G.D.
14 APRIL 1969
FOLLOWING TELFORD OP 100%PRIE FROM BAT CIGNS KONG ADDRESSED C
EXPORT GREULTURUMDANTES DEPT. TELEGRAM.AO-FEFED 49:20
FOR COTTERILL FROM HANNAM,
TUNNEL.
1 SPENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH CLAGUE AND WITH SAUNDERS OF HONGSHAJ,
AND WAS DRAWN WILLY WILLY INTO A DISCUSSION OF A LENGTHY TELEGRAM
WHICH ARRIVED FROM WARBURTON DETAILING PROGRESS IN LONDON.
2. MY DISTINCT IMPRESSION WAS THAT CLAGUE 15 SATISFIED WITH THE
ARRANGEMENTS AGREED SO FAR INCLUDING THE LATEST PROPOSALS
ABOUT THE POLITICAL CLAUSE,1.E. THE SIX MONTHS AFTER REOCCUPATION
IDEA BUT SAUNDERS ON THE OTHER HAND IS NOT (R) NOT WILLING
TO ACCEPT THE SIX MONTHS AFTER FOCCUPATION PROPOSAL. HE TOLD
ME VERY DEFINITELY THAT HE IS DISTINCTLY SUSPICIOUS OF ALL THIS
**SMALL PRINT AND LAWYERS WORK''. HIS GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS THAT
**AS LONG AS THE PLACE IS BRITISH WE PAY, IF IT IS NOT THEN
WE DO NOT**. HE REGARDS IT AS UNREALISTIC TO SPECULATE ON WHAT
MIGHT BE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TUNNEL IF EVER THERE WAS
A REOCCUPATION BY THE BRITISH OR BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
3.
I WAS LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT CLAGUE WILL TELL WARBURTON
TO ACCEPT,
INDEED HE LEAVES FOR TAIWAN ON SUNDAY AND WILL MOT
BE AVAILABLE FOR A FEW DAYS. I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE BANK
REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO STICK TO THE BANKS PROPOSALS
ON THE POLITICAL CLAUSE.
4 YOUR EXCED 70 RECEIVED MONDAY MORNING AFTER ABOVE WAS
DRAFTED.
Si D Transh
LAST
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REXI
R
118
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES NO.31
1969
HKK24/4
SENT 14/2510Z APRIL
RECD 14/9528Z APRIL
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