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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 702 OF 19 AUGUST, 72

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YOUR TEL NO 742: PERSONAL FOR SIR HUGH NORMAN WALKER FROM

SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.

PROCEDURE UNDERSTOOD. WITH REGARD TO HOW THE NEW OVERLORDSHIP OF INFORMATION ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, YOU VILL FIND MY VIEWS RECORDED ÎN THE MINUTES. I THINK THE KEY ÏS TO DESCRIBE IT AS SOMETHING NOT NECESSARILY PERMANENT SUT OBVIOUSLY RENDERED DESIRABLE, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY BY THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN RHK RESULTING FROM RESIGNATIONS AND THE HISTORY OF UNHAPPY RELATIONS WITH CÏS. NO DOUBT EVEN IF THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES RESENTMENT AMONGS THE STAFF OF RHK, CATER WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT ONCE HE HAS TAKEN OVER.

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