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Annex 'A'
Agreed Concessions on a Reciprocal Basis
Two agreements have been reached with communists, namely those resulting from the Border talks in November, 1967, and those culminating in access to Grey in Peking and visits by N.C.N.A. and communist newspaper representatives to prisoners in Hong Kong connected with journalism.
(A) Border Talks’-
(1) Concessions by
the Communists
(2) Concessions by
Hong Kong Govt.
(a) Agreement that the primary Border
fence might be repaired without hindrance. (In fact repair parties were stoned frequently from Chinese Territory
(b) The release of two P.C.s detained in
C.T. and the return of their motor
cycle and of the belongings of Senior Police Inspector Knight who had, during the talks, escaped from C.T.
(a) The removal of those portions of the
secondary fence on land farmed by C.T. residents;
(b)
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(c)
The re-opening of the Man Kam To Bridge; A guarantee that production and normal activities, including the study of the works of MAO by residents of C.T. while on British Territory (B.T.) would not be hampered;
(d) Release of five persons to C.T. who were
charged with committing criminal offences in the Colony;
(e) Compensation paid for crops allegedly
danaged as a result of Chinese
Territory farmers being unable to
cultivate them owing to the closure of the Man Kam To Bridge;
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