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CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1587
TO HONG KONG
14 NOVEMBER 1968. (HKK)
CONFIDENTIAL.
THE FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER HAS BEEN ASKED BY MR. BEN WHITAKER:
''TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IN WHICH BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES PEOPLE ARE DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL: AND WHETHER HE WILL LIST THE NUMBER IN EACH.'' 2. THE NUMBER AT PRESENT DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL IS GIVEN AS 32 IN YOUR TEL NO 2175, DOES THIS INCLUDE PERSONS HELD UNDER EMERGENCY (DEPORTATION AND DETENTION) REGULATIONS? GRATEFUL TO KNOW NOT LATER THAN 10 A.M. BST MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER NUMBER IN THIS LATTER CATEGORY.
STEWART
FILES:
HONG KONG DEPT
FAR EASTERN DEPT NEWS DEPT
PRIVATE SECRETARY SIR J. JOHNSTON
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