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CYPHER CAT/A
FM TOKYO 180715Z
CONFIDENTIAL
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REGISTRY No. 1
19 APR 1974
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TO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG TELNO 7 OF 18 APRIL INFO ROUTINE
F C O, DOT ECGD (FOR COTTERILL).
YOUR CREDA 34 TO D.T.M.T.S.
PERSONAL FOR ASTON FROM MCGHIE.
PARA 11.
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WE HAVE NOT COMMENTED SINCE YOUR CREDA 31 WAS NOT REPEATED TO US AND THE REUTER REPORT TO WHICH YOU REFER
HAS NOT BEEN REPRODUCED HERE. PLEASE TELEGRAPH GIST,
2.
ANY SUGGESTION OF AN EMBASSY LEAK IS, AS YOU SAY, NONSENSE. DURING HADDON-CAVE'S VISIT TO TOKYO, INFORMATION DEPT RECEIVED ENQUIRIES ABOUT HIS PURPOSE FROM REUTERS BUT WERE ABLE TO SAY WITH GOOD FAITH THAT WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT AND THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE EMBASSY, THE SPOKESMAN CONCERNED NEW NOTHING ABOUT THE G.E.C. INTEREST AND NO QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT IT.
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