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RR HONG KONG

GRPS 80

EN CLAIR

FM F C O 141459Z

UNCLASSIFIED.

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 336 OF 14 OCTOBER.

FOR STEWART, HKD, C/O PROTOCOL SECTION, FROM MILTON.

1.

LAURRAINE HAS BEEN TOLD THAT YOUR FLIGHT TIME HAS BEEN PUT BACK ONE HOUR AND THAT YOU WILL NOT NOW ARRIVE HERE UNTIL 0910 HOURS ON SUNDAY, 17 OCTOBER. WE HAVE TOLD YOUR WIFE.

2. I HAPPEN TO HAVE NOTICED THAT IT IS THE GOVERNOR'S BIRTHDAY ON 16 OCTOBER. YOU MAY WISH TO GIVE HIM THE DEPARTMENT'S BEST WISHES.

CROSLAND

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