CYPHER CAT/A
ROUTINE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 6
4 JANUARY 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED FCO AS MYTEL 8 OF 4 TH JANUARY RFI PEKING.
CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
LABOURER, AND
COMM-
ERCIAL DAILY REPORTER, WERE RELEASED FROM PRISON ON 21 DECEMBER
AND 4 JANUARY RESPECTIVELY.
THIS REDUCES THE NUMBER OF QUOTE
NEWSWORKERS UNQUOTE STILL IN PRISON TO ELEVEN.
2. NO MORE RELEASES ARE DUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, WHEN
ALL BUT ONE OF THE REMAINING ELEVEN WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
SENTENCES (WITH REMISSION).
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
F.EAST. Do
NEWS DEPT.
I.P.D.
I.R.D.
CONSULAR DEPT.
IN
ARCHIVES No. 31
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