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PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno 524
4 June, 1968
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 524 of 4 June Repeated for information to: Hong Kong
Visits to Grey.
The West German correspondent, Bargmann, recently asked to see Grey in a letter to Ministry of Foreign Affairs [?grp omitted ?and in conversation with NCNA representatives but got nowhere. Bargmann, the only surviving member of the Press Corps who knows Grey well, is now on leave.
2. I have sounded a close diplomatic colleague here but found him reluctant to allow members of his staff to become involved in applying for visits to Grey. This reaction is probably typical of the rest of the Corps.
3. It is therefore clear that if we are to obtain further access to Grey, the only hope lies in offering another round of special visits to Communist prisoners in Hong Kong.
F.0. pass Hong Kong 375.
Sir D. Hopson
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