CYPHER/CAT.A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO.349
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
2 MAY, 1969
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ADDRESSED FCO TELNO.349 OF 2 MAY. REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING.
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MY TELEGRAM NO. 349.
FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE MATERIAL
REFERRED TO IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 347.
REDUCED?
WHO ARE THE ELEVEN PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED?
THE FOLLOWING 11 PERSONS HAVE HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED TO THREE
YEARS:-
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2. WHAT CRIMES WERE THEY SENTENCED FOR? THEY WERE SENTENCED FOR
VARIOUS OFFENCES INCLUDING OFFENCES CONCERNING SIMULATED BOMBS
AND TAKING PART IN ILLEGAL ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS KINDS.
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3. IS THERE A COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER MAN AMONGST THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED? YES. WONG CHAK, ONE OF THE
ELEVEN PERSONS WHO HAVE HAD THERE SENTENCES REDUCED, WAS, AT
THE TIME OF HIS ARREST IN 1967, WORKING AS A REPORTER FOR
TAI KUNG PAO.
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