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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN OFFICE TO PEKING
LNO 561
24 MAY, 1968
(FED)
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CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NO.561 OF 24 MAY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG WASHINGTON POLAD SINGAPORE,
SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY SUMMONED CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AD INTERIM AT 11 A.M. TODAY. THE INTERVIEW LASTED ONE HOUR.
2. MR. RODGERS REVIEWED DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON
5 APRIL AND NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME PROGRESS REGARDING VISAS FOR STAFF IN PEKING AND ACCESS TO GREY. HE HOPED THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER DELAY IN GRANTING REMAINING VISAS. HE DESCRIBED THE CONTINUED SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OF GREY AS BARBARIC AND EXPRESSED THE DEEP CONCERN OF H.M.G. HE ASKED FOR A QUICK IMPROVEMENT IN GREY'S CONDITIONS AS PRELUDE TO HIS RELEASE.
3. MR. RODGERS WENT OVER ALL THE CASES OF BRITISH SUBJECTS KNOWN TO BE DETAINED BY CHINESE, INCLUDING THAT OF CAPTAIN POPE.
4. SHEN PING SAID THAT SINCE HIS LAST INTERVIEW H.M.G. HAD FAILED COMPLETELY TO REPLY TO DEMANDS OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT, ALTHOUGH WE HAD MADE AN ORAL STATEMENT THAT WAS QUOTE QUITE UNREALISTIC UNQUOTE, SHEN PING SAID WATT HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF QUOTE COUNTER- REVOLUTIONARY ESPIONAGE UNQUOTE AND MUST SERVE THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY CHINESE LAW. ACCESS WAS INAPPROPRIATE. ON OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS SHEN PING HAD QUOTE NOTHING TO SAY AT PRESENT UNQUOTE,
CASES WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION AND H.M.G. WOULD GET DETAILS IN DUE COURSE.
5. REGARDING VISAS SHEN PING RECALLED THAT LO KUE1-PO HAD SAID ON 13 APRIL, THAT THE CHINESE WOULD MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS AND ACT ACCORDING TO NORMAL PROCEDURES: BUT HE WENT ON TO ARGUE THAT ENTRY AND EXIT VISAS WERE ONLY A MINOR PART OF SINO-BRITISH
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