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FM HONG KONG 210307Z NOV 84

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 3540 OF 21 NOVEMBER

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YOUR TELNO 1417 TO PEKING AND PEKING TELNO 2791 : PRIME MINISTER'S

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WE WOULD ADVISE MOST STRONGLY AGAINST PRESENTING A CLOCK. IT IS BOUND TO GIVE RISE TO UNWARRANTED COMMENT IN HONG KONG AND WILL BE PLAYED UP BY THE MEDIA AS A MOST INAUSPICIOUS ACT. (IN CANTONESE, THE WORDS 'PRESENTING A CLOCK'' SOUND IDENTICAL TO ''BURYING A PARENT'' OR, GENERALLY, ''ATTENDING A FUNERAL'').

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PS / PUS PS / MR-LUCE. MR. WILSON.

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