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arrangements can be made for representatives
of NCNA to be included in visits by the
employers of such persons.
(c) 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 directly
conditional upon access to Grey, we wish to
leave the Chinose in no doubt that we see
the two as connected.)
2. The handling of the approach to NCNA in
Hong Kong-would depend on whether it is possible
If (as
to engage in a two-way discussion or whether it
must be on the basis of single messages.
would seem desirable) the first is possible,
then efforts should be made to emphasise that it
is the employers of non-MCNA journalists who are
being granted access and representatives of NONA
are being allowed to go along as an additional
concession and not as a right. It would also
be possible to wait for NCNA to make the running
on whether they would be allowed to represent
non-available employers. If, however, it is
only possible to pass messages to KCNA, then
presumably it will be necessary to state from
the cutset that representatives of NCNA can bo
included in visits by employers and possibly also
that NOWA can represent the employers where?
the latter are unavailable.
3. The Chinese night produce a list of
"patriotic journalists" which included large
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