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TELEGRAM NUMBER 404 OF 21 MARCH
YOUR TELNO 200: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
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1. DURING RENOVATIONS TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE I AM LIVING IN FLAGSTAFF HOUSE WHERE ACCOMMODATION IS A LITTLE CRAMPED, BUT ! SHALL BE DELIGHTED TO PUT UP DR AND MRS OWEN WITH TWO PRIVATE SECRETARIES AND ONE DETECTIVE. REMAINDER OF PARTY AND JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN BOOKED INTO MANDARIN HOTEL ON BOTH OCCASIONS. WITH A
SUITE FOR MR WHYTE, I ASSUME THAT MCLAREN, (SIMONS AND WHITE Telegram
WILL STAY ON AT THE HOTEL DURING THE CHINA VISIT.
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2. YOUR PARAS 4 AND 8. NECESSARY OFFICE SPACE AND THE EQUIPMENT YOU ASK FOR WILL BE AVAILABLE AT FLAGSTAFF HOUSE.
3. YOUR PARAS 5, 6, 7. TELEPHONES, SECURITY AND TRANSPORT WILL BE ARRANGED AS ASKED.
4. YOUR PARA 10. BLACK TIE NOT REQUIRED. CLIMATE LIKELY TO APPROXIMATE TO ENGLISH SUMMER BUT MORE HUMID. BONDED LIQUOR AND TOBACCO ARE NOT AVAILABLE HERE BUT BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION WILL. ARRANGE A SUPPLY AT NORMAL RETAIL RATE.
5. YOUR PARA 11. OWING TO THE EARLY ARRIVAL ON 11 APRIL HOTEL WILL CHARGE FOR ACCOMMODATION ON NIGHT 10/11 AS WELL AS 11/12 APRIL.
6. TELEPHONE NUMBERS. FLAGSTAFF HOUSE 5-232031, MANDARIN HOTEL 5-220111.
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