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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TEL NO
393 OF 17 MAY.
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM MR ROYLE.
PEKING TELEGRAM NO 452 AND MY TELEGRAM NO 329 TO PEKING.
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1. I DO NOT YET HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM HONG KONG AND TO AND FROM THERE TO PEKING BY AN RAF VC10. BUT I HOPE TO OBTAIN THIS AUTHORITY WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
2. 1 VERY MUCH HOPE TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM PEKING IN THE WAY I HAVE IN MIND. THIS FORM OF TRAVEL WOULD HAVE GREAT ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF PRESTIGE, THE POSSIBLE SALE OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT TO CHINA AND THE AVOIDANCE OF FRENCH COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS,
3. I DO NOT YET HAVE EXACT FLIGHT TIMES. BUT I WOULD ENVISAGE SPEND- !NG ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME IN HONG KONG ON THE OUTWARD JOURNEY, DURING WHICH I WOULD NOT LEAVE THE AIRCRAFT.
4. 1 SHALL TELEGRAPH AGAIN AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE NEWS HERE AND
FROM PEKING.
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