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PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
elno. 919 21 July, 1967
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 919 of 21 July. Repeated for information to: Hong Kong (Priority), POLAD Singapore, Washington
People's Daily of 21 July carries two articles on Hong Kong. First reports protest by All-China Journalists' Association at sentence passed on Hsueh Ping and arrest of other Hong Kong reporters which includes warnings and demands in usual terms.
Second article gives a full account of Hsueh Ping's statement in Court on 19 July,
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