GRS 80
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 2916222 FEB 80
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 312 OF 29 FEBRUARY
COPA
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RECEIVLÓ AL 35CKEY NO. 51 ALASCISTRY
·3 MAR 1980
DESK OFFICET
INDEX
RE:
PA
No NO RAMUR
₩3.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MODUK PEKING
MIPT: INCIDENT IN DEEP BAY.
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES (GIS) RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AT 2330 (LOCAL)
''THE DISCUSSIONS BETWEN THE TWO SIDES ABOUT THE COLLISION EARLY THIS MORNING IN DEEP BAY HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETED. THE 2 CAPTAINS CONCERNED HAVE EXCHANGED WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THE INCIDENT OCCURED. THE RN HOVERCRAFT HAS RETURNED TO BASE FOR REPAIRS. THE MARINE POLICE AND RN CRAFT WHICH HAD BEEN STANDING BY HAVE RESUMED NORMAL PATROLLING"’
2. GIS WILL NOT COMMENT FURTHER AT THIS STAGE.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HK & GD
FED
DEF D
PUSD
NEWS D
OID
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/MR HURD
PS/PUS
SIR D MAITLAND
SIR A ACLAND
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR JC MOBERLY
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