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PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL
M. Neare
TELELETTER TO SIR PERCY CRADOCK
M. Elliot (FED)
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Many thanks for your teleletter of 11 October.
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We fully understand that your own attendance at the discoveable,
Heads of Mission Conference on 13/14 December in Bangkok
must depend on how things are going in the talks on the
SEAD.
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is anybody's guess as to what will be happening on the
ground in December. Nevertheless, if you were able to come,
3.
I am sure your contribution would be greatly appreciated.
We have also got our sights fixed on the proposal
that Lord Belstead should also visit Hong Kong in December.
He is the Minister in the FCO responsible for Hong Kong
affairs but we are conscious that not only will be briefing
be important but also the whole question of the effect on
the public of a visit at the time.
4. I have already sent a telegram about a possible code-
word for telegrams in the series. At present we are not
using a codeword but simply giving the distribution to all
telegrams marked 'Future of Hong Kong'.
Braunghoh of 22/10 Kibums
5/11
Signed A E Donald
20 October 1982
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