Dd. 32855 Ed (4200)
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(b) Hopson should stress that those in question
must be bona fide journalists, and should
go on to enquire the numbers likely to be
involved. He should suggest that the
NCNA in Hong Kong should communicate to
the Political Adviser the names of the
prisoners and those proposing to visit
them, in order that approximate times of
visits and other details may be communicated
to NCNA.
conclude with
(d) Hopson should follow this up by some form
of words indicating that we expect to hear
from the Chinese soon about access to Grey.
(Without making visits to prisoners
(xx)
→ (6)
directly conditional upon access to Grey,
we wish to leave the Chinese in no doubt
that we see the two as connected.)
If the Chinese ask Hopson whether visits by
NCNA alone are to be allowed, he should at
this stage confine himself to saying that
his instructions are that an NCNA repre-
sentative will be allowed to accompany the
employer in each case.
JM
28 Feb.