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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1084
CONFIDENTIAL
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
17.SEPTEMBER 1968
ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 1084 OF 17TH SEPTEMBER REPEATED PEKING.
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PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 051: DETAINEES.
WE HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY MORE LIBERAL THAN IS INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH
3. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN RELEASES SINCE 12 AUGUST (TWO ON 15 AUGUST,
THREE ON 20 AUGUST AND TWO ON 9 SEPTEMBER : AND IN ANY CASE I
DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD BRING THE EMBASSY WIVES AND CHILDREN FULLY
INTO THIS EQUATION SEMICOLON BUT CONSIDER THE MATTER MORE IN TERMS
OF WHOLE FAMILIES.
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2. IN ADDITION TO
1 WHO WILL BE RELEASED 0 27 SEPTEMBER (MY
TELEGRAM NO. 1064), WE MAY BE ABLE TO RELEASE A SECOND DETAINEE
(NO. 3, TSE SHU PING) AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME SENICOLON HOWEVER,
THE CASE FOR HIS CONTINUED DETENTION AS REMAINING A SERIOUS
SECURITY RISK IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
3. I AM RELUCTANT TO MAKE ANY FURTHER RELEASES BEYOND THIS ONE OR
POSSIBLY TWO UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE GOT THE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS
OF 1ST AND 10TH OCTOBER OUT OF THE WAY. AFTER WE SEE HOW THESE GO,
WOULD CERTAINLY BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER SOME MORE FOR RELEASE IN THE
LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENS.
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