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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 362 TO PEKING 3 SEPTEMBER 1968
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ADDRESSED PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 362 3 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR-
INFORMATION TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 52.
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CHEN FENG-YING AND CHEN TEN-HU, ALONG WITH SIX OTHERS ARRESTED ON
15TH JULY 1967, WERE FINED AND RELEASED ON 5TH AUGUST 1967.
2. ALL THOSE WHO MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNIST IST
PRESS WHO WERE ARRESTED BEFORE GREY WAS DETAINED, AND SENTENCED TO
PRISON TERMS, HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED EXCEPT FOR TWO SEMICOLON
KSVEH CI.E. SIT) AND HUI.
3. TWELVE OTHERS IN THIS CATEGORY WERE ARRESTED AFTER GREY'S
DETENTION (INCLUDING THE PROPRIETORS, EDITORS AND PRINTERS OF THE
THREE SUSPENDED PAPERS). THEY ARE NOT DUE FOR RELEASE CASSUMING FULL
REMISSION OF ONE-THIRD OF SENTENCE) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1969 (11 PERSONS)
AND FEBRUARY 1971 (1 PERSON).
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SIR D TRENCH
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