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Furthermore S Would like to
Sir,
WMAAARI
Mr. John Rear attempts to argue that the
case of Mr. Grey, detained in Peking, is
comparable to the cases of the thirty or so
detainees still in custody in Hong Kong, and
says that "like Mr. Grey, they have simply been
held".
[Take in slip]
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May point out the few dissimilarities
which Mr. Rear has omitted to mention O
First, not even the Chinese Government, with
considerable honesty, has ever suggested that
Mr. Grey either misbehaved or did anything to
offend them. He has simply been detained.
The detainees in Hong Kong, on the other hand,
were deeply and openly involved in the violent
activities which led to over fifty deaths,
including the deaths of small children, from
indiscriminate bomb planting; and they were
all a part of a concerted assault on the way
of life of the non-communist majority in the
community. Second, while the detainees have
never been publicly accused, they have
nevertheless all been accused and their cases
most carefully examined by the Law Officers
before detention orders were issued.
Mr. Grey,
of course, has never been accused because it
has never yet been suggested that he ever did
anything to offend. Third, the detainees have
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