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RELATIONS, NORMALITY COULD NOT BE RESUMED UNTIL THE HONG KONG PROBLEM WAS SOLVED, THIS WAS THE CRUX. SHEN PING SAID CHINESE ARRESTED AND PERSECUTED IN HONG KONG HAD STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED.
HE ALSO RAISED THE ISSUES OF GIFT RICE AND CLOTHING FOR PRISONERS.
HE SAID THE CASE OF GREY RELATED TO HONG KONG. TREATMENT OF GREY
WAS LENIENT IN COMPARISON WITH THAT METED OUT TO QUOTE PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS UNQUOTE AND QUOTE PATRIOTIC COUNTRYMEN UNQUOTE.
THE CHINESE PEOPLE WERE QUOTE COMPLETELY OUTRAGED UNQUOTE ABOUT HONG KONG
6. MR. RODGERS SAID HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT QUESTIONS OF THE BRITISH.
MISSION OR BRITISH SUBJECTS WERE MINOR MATTERS. HE THOUGHT
SHEN PING'S RESPONSE CAST DOUBT ON THE WILLINGNESS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THE MAJOR MATTERS OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
HE FOUND CHINESE ATTITUDE TO THESE CASES SHOCKING AND ASKED AGAIN
FOR EARLY INFORMATION.
7. THE INTERVIEW CONTINUED IN SIMILAR TERMS. SHEN PING ENDED BY EXPRESSING HOPE THAT H.M.G. WOULD EXPEDITIOUSLY SHOW GENUINE SINCERITY AND GIVE A REALISTIC ANSWER TO DEMANDS ON HONG KONG.
8. THOUGH SHEN PING'S LANGUAGE WAS UNCOMPROMISING, HIS GENERAL TONE WAS QUIET.
9. FULL REPORT BY BAG.
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