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IMMEDIATE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG
TELNO 721 25 APRIL, 1968
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 522. GREY.
WE ARE PASSING TO REUTERS HEAD OFFICE HERE RELEVANT DETAILS ABOUT THE TWO N CNA MEN AND WILL TELL THEM THAT SIMILAR DETAILS IN RESPECT OF OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES CONCERNED ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN ANY EVENT REUTERS DO NOT INTEND PUBLISHING THE INFORMATION.
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2. WE ASSUME THAT ALL THESE EMPLOYEES WERE SENTENCED IN COURT TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT (SINCE OTHERWISE QUESTIONS OF LENGTH OF SENTENCE AND REMISSION PERIODS WOULD NOT ARISE) AND THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED IN FIGURES GIVEN IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 186 TO PEKING. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION OF THIS IN VIEW OF USE OF
WORD QUOTE DETAINEES UNQUOTE IN LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE RELEVANT PARTICULARS IN RESPECT OF THEM, WHETHER OR NOT WE PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO REUTERS, SINCE IT WILL BE USEFUL TO US HERE IN CONSIDERING ANY FURTHER DEMANDS FROM CHINESE IN ANY POSSIBLE FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS OVER GREY.
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