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ANNEX A
EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE MR. GREY'S RELEASE
31.8.67 In a letter to the Chinese Foreign Minister,
Ch'en Yi, the Foreign Secretary indicated that
he might be able to arrange the release to China
of N.C.N.A. journalists imprisoned in Hong Kong
in exchange for the release of Mr. Grey. No
answer has been received.
31.12.67 The Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, Mr. (now Sir) D.
Hopson, on instructions made an informal suggestion
to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that
Mr. Grey be exchanged for Hsueh P'ing, an N.C.N.A.
reporter imprisoned in Hong Kong.
8.2.68
1.3.68
Mr. Cradock, Counsellor at the Mission in Peking,
repeated on an official besis the offer to
exchange Mr. Grey for Neueh P'ing.
Sir D. Hopson raised the proposed exchange again
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The reply
was that his suggestion had been noted but that
there was no news yet.
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