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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1352 OF 14 SEPTEMBER

IMFO IMMED HATE PEKING

MY TELNO 1344: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: MR HEATH'S VISIT

THERE HAS STILL BEEN NO MENTION OF THE INCIDENT IN THE PRESS HERE NOR IS IT REFERRED TO IN THIS WEEK'S FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW WHICH APPEARED TODAY.

2. IN SPEAKING TO THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB LAST NIGHT, MR HEATH WAS CAUTIOUS AND DID NOT GO MUCH BEYOND WHAT HE HAD ALREADY SAID OF HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH DENG WHILE HE WAS IN PEKING (SEE AFP ACCOUNT IN MIFT).

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