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10 PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 4 OF 7/1
FOR WILLIAMS FROM KIDD (HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE)
FABIAN SOCIETY PAMPHLET ON HONG KONG
1. THE FABIAN SOCIETY WILL PUBLISH LATER THIS MONTH A
PAMPHLET ENTITLED "HONG KONG: BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY BY JOE ENGLAND, FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, NOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK.
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2. WE HAVE OBTAINED THE PROOF FROM THE SOCIETY ON AN
UNDERTAKING TO TREAT IT AS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL PUBLICATION
DATE SOME TIME AFTER MID-JANUARY.
3. TWO COPIES HAVE BEEN DESPATCHED PERSONALLY TO YOU WITH MR A A THOMPSON, PWD SENIOR ENGINEER, LEAVING LONDON 7 JANUARY ON BA920. HE EXPECTS YOU TO ARRANGE TO COLLECT
COPIES FROM HIM, I WILL BRING FURTHER COPIES WITH ME
WHEN I ARRIVE ON 10 JANUARY.
4. IN THE MEANTIME, THE GOVERNOP HAS ASKED THAT YOU BE
GIVEN AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE REACTIONS TO THE
FCO IN ANTICIPATION OF PUBLICITY AND PQS. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE PUBLIC REACTIONS HERE, BUT IF THERE IS WELL-MANAGED PUBLICITY BY WAY OF SELECTIVE COMMENTS FROM THE MAIN NARRATIVE I FORESEE MUCH WIDER PRESS
AND TV INTEREST THAN IN THE CASE TO ANSWER''. WE..
SHOULD THEREFORE BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE
CONSIDERED REACTIONS AS CIRCUMSTANCES DEMAND,
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5. A SUMMARY OF THE PAMPHLET IS IN MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAM.
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