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TO IMMEDIATE COVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 1011 OF 9 OCT 1973

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1143: BLAIR-KERR REPORT

WILL THE PUBLISHED REPORT DIFFER, AND IF SO IN WHAT WAY, FROM THE REPORT YOU SENT US ON 6 SEPTEMBER (YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1022)?

GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SEND ONE DOZEN COPIES OF THE PUBLISHED

REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

2. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE PRESS INTEREST IN THIS ISSUE HERE AND NEWS DEPARTMENT WILL NEED TO BE BRIEFED. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR INFORMATION ON THE LINE YOU ARE TAKING ON PUBLICATION. UNLESS YOU ADVISE US TO THE CONTRARY, WE PROPOSE TO SAY NO MORE THAN

THAT YOU WILL BE ANNOUNCING ACTION ON THE REPORT ON 17 OCTOBER.

3. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE ANY INFORMATION

ON THE CASES OF SUPERINTENDENT HUNT AND CHIEF INSPECTOR SIU (YOUR TELEGRAM NO 847). ARE THERE ANY OTHERS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

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