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FROM PRIORITY HONG KONG
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER/064
9 SEPTEMBER 1968
CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS Y TEL NO. 1064 OF 9TH SEPTEMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING.
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 1005 : DETAINEES AND EXIT VISAS.
IN VIEW OF THE ISSUE OF FURTHER VISAS TO MISSION STAFF I HAVE
RELEASED TWO ORE DETAINEES TODAY.
2. THEY ARE NO. 2, TAM PAN, CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE CHEUNG CHAU ANTI-
PERSECUTION STRUGGLE COMMITTEE, AND NO. 13, LAU MAN SHING, A MEMBER
OF THE GOVERNMENT WATERWORKS CHINESE EMPLOYEES UNION.
3. A FURTHER DETAINEE, NO. 1, CHEUNG WAN, WILL ALSO BE RELEASED IN
THE NORMAL COURSE WHEN HIS DETENTION ORDER EXPIRES ON 27TH SEPTEMBER
CO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO PEKING.
SIR D.TRENCH
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