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TELEGRAM NUMBER 303
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
8 MAY 1970.
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IN MY EN CLAIR TELEGRAM 304 I SEND TEXT OF ITEM APPEARING IN THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW OF 7 MAY, SECOND PARAGRAPH OF WHICH IS NOT ONLY UNTRUE BUT NATURALLY OFFENSIVE TO UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS.
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IT WOULD ASSIST ME IF YOU COULD AUTHORIZE THIS GOVERNMENT TC ISSUE A FLAT DENIAL THAT THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL OR DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS TO MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS RAISED DURING YOUR MEETING WITH UMEL.CO.
SIR D. TRENCH
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PROT. & CONF. DEPT
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SIR L. MONSON
MR. WILFORD
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