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(c) The detention, without consular access, in
north-west China since last September of
Mr. Watt, an engineer from Vickers-Zimmer,
and his sentencing on 16 March to three years
imprisonment for espionage.
(d) The arrest from a Polish ship in Shanghai about
23 February of hir. Norman Barrymaine, a freelance
Journalist.
(e) The detention of the Blue Funnel ship s.s.
"Demodocus" in Woosung anchorage outside Shanghai
sinco about 26 February
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(f) The refusal of exit visas for a British banker
and his wife in Shanghai.
PROBLEMS FOR DECISION
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There are, broadly speaking, three sets of problems
on which decisions are required:-
(a) What steps can we take to try to reach a modus
vivendi over Hong Kong with the Chinese without
dangerously eroding our authority there?
(b) Since any such arrangement is bound to take time,
what can we do meanwhile to persuade the Chinese to
make progress on the various secondary issues? In
particular, should we make a further effort to get
the Chinese to deal with the question of the
Missions in isolation from other issues? In
practice this would mean removing the remaining
restrictions on Chinese officials in this country.
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