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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO 112 OF 11 FEBRUARY.

YOUR TELNO 141: LONDON VISIT.

FROM STUART.

HERRIES HAS ASKED ME TO PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE.

BEGINS. YOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED AND WILL OF COURSE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO HELP. AM IN TOUCH WITH FCO, HONG KONG OFFICE AND TDC AND WILL GIVE THOUGHT TO ALL THE POINTS YOU RAISE OVER NEXT DAY OR SO

AND HOPE TO SEND CONSIDERED REPLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY I MYSELF WILL BE IN HONG KONG FROM 8-16 APRIL FOR JARDINE MATHESON BOARD MEETING BUT WILL HELP WITH ARRANGEMENTS BEFOREHAND AND JOHN SWIRE WILL BE AROUND DURING YOUR VISIT. WHEN DO YOU RETURN TO HONG KONG IN APRIL AS NATURALLY HOPE WE WILL NOT MISS YOU THERE ALTOGETHER? KINDEST REGARDS.

MICHAEL HERRIES. ENDS.

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