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7. INSURANCE
A note on baggage and insurance regulations for those travelling in the RAF VC10 is attached at Appendix IV.
8.
LIVING ACCOMMODATION
a)
Details are shown at Appendix V.
b)
In both posts a suite has been reserved for the Head of News Department.
9.
a)
b)
WORKING ACCOMMODATION
A Private Office will be established in Government House Hong Kong and the Guest House, Peking.
Mr Goulden, Head of News Department, will brief from his suite in both hotels.
10. COMMUNICATIONS
a)
b)
Telegrams
(i) A continuous watch will be maintained at each post
at times notified to post by COD.
(ii)
Telegrams should generally be addressed "Following for Secretary of State's Party" in which case they will be distributed to all senior members of the party. Telegrams should only be addressed "Following for Private Secretary" if it is intended that the telegram should be given further distribution only on his authority. Telegrams so addressed should be distributed initially to the Principal Private Secretary and Private Secretary. Telegrams addressed to individuals in the party should not be given any distribution within the party without the prior consent of the person to whom it is addressed.
Telephones
(i)
(ii)
At both posts, the Embassy/Government House switchboard will operate on a 24-hour basis.
There will be a telephone in the Private Secretary's bedroom with switch-through facilities to the Secretary of State. Numbers to follow.
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