CONFIDENTIAL
OUTWARD TELEGRAM
FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (The Secretary of State)
TO HONG KONG (Sir D. Trench)
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Cypher
Sent 19th May, 1967
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PRIORITY CONFIDENTIAL
No. 969
Addressed to Governor, Hong Kong,
Repeated to Peking
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Your telegram No. 632, paragraph 3.
Lord Shackleton's speech in Aden.
My immediately following telegram contains the text of relevant passages from the broadcast made by Lord Shackleton on 16th May. Many press reports were wrongly slanted to suggest that the release of detainees was to be in return for cooperation from opposition parties.
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Essential differences between situation in Hong Kong and Aden are:
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Offer in Aden was connected with return to conditions of normality including abolition of state of emergency and release of detainees; and
(b) in Aden those concerned are detained
without trial under emergency regulations for suspected terrorism. This is very different from Hong Kong where those arrested are hooligan elements charged under the law with criminal offences. They have been legally tried or will be in the immediate future.
3. We shall keep you informed of any future developments which may be relevant to Hong Kong.
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