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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 45 OF 8 JULY/INFO FCO 1.༧༥

COPENHAGEN THE HAGUE UKMIS CENEVA (FOR DORWARD/PEARSON)

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND SAVING TO UKREP BRUSSELS. FROM DODGE

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ITINERARY FOR HONG KONG REPRESENTATIONS IN COMMUNITY CAPITALS.

MY TELEGRAM NO 44.

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1. AS PETER TSAO IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN BRUSSELS THIS EVENING

FROM CENEVA HE WILL HAPPILY NOW BE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN THIS WEEK'S

THREE OPERATIONS.

2. THE PROGRAMME HAS ALREADY HAD TO BE AMENDED.

3. DIFFICULTIES AT THE TUTCH END PREVENT US SEEING THE APPROPRIATE

OFFICIALS THERE THIS WEEK. THANKS HOWEVER TO THE EFFORTS ON CUR

PEHALF OF GEORGE MARSHALL (COUNSELLOR IN COPENHAGEN) IT HAS PROVED POSSIBLE AT SHORT NOTICE TO FIT IN A VISIT THERE INSTEAD -

OF THE HAGUE,

4. THIS IS PARTICULARLY OPPORTUNE AS AGERUP, THE SENIOR OF THE

DANISH OFFICIALS DIRECTLY CONCERNED, IS DUE TO BE AWAY FROM

COPENHAGEN AFTER THIS WEEK UNTIL AUGUST 5.

5. UNDER THE REVISED PROGRAMME TSAO AND 1, ACCOMPANIED BY MARSHALL,

WILL NOW BE CALLING ON AGERUP, KOCH, AND PONTOPPIDAN TOMORROW AFTERNOON (JULY 9) IN COPENHAGEN. TSAO AND I RETURN TO BRUSSELS

JULY 10. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR BONN (JULY 11) AND HERE IN BRUSSELS (JULY 12) STILL REMAIN FIRM,

6. 1 AM ENDEAVOURING APPROPRIATELY TO RE-ARRANGE THE VISIT TO THE

HAGUE LATER IN THE MONTH.

7. (TSAO HAS ASKED ME TO PASS MESSAGE THAT HE WILL BE SEEING

DOL AND DOT OFFICIALS IN LONDON ON JULY 16 AND 17 RESPECTIVELY,) 8. ( IN MY.TLEGRAM NO 44, FOR QUOTE UKREP TEL NO 344 UNQUOTE, PLEASE READ QUOTE UKREP TEL NO 3108, PARA 6 UNQUOTE. ERROR REGRETTED).

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