TNAG-0566-FCO40-699-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-change-in-Chinese-leadership-1976 — Page 30

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By Eri 29 €.8 1.63%

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1

Telephone 01-

16

CDS Drace-Francis Esq Government Secretariat Lower Albert Road HONG KONG

Your reference

Our reference

Date

5 October 1976

Deau Charles

DEATH OF CHAIRMAN MAO

Thank you for your letter of 27 September ((44) in SCR 4/3571/62). As regards your paragraph 2, no-one here can recall any written communication from a Chinese official to the Governor of Hong Kong. It would, however, be a vast labour to back / check our records to 1949 to establish this and

I hope you will see no objection to our not pursuing this particular suggestion!

event

Youus

Jul

cc: Mr David (HKD)

4

J FR Martín

Far Eastern Department

R R Garside Esq, PEKING

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