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MMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 400
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TO PEKING
12 NOVEMBER 1969.
(FED)
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 493 OF 12 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, POLAD SINGAPORE AND
WASHINGTON.
M.1.P.T.: CALL OF CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES.
MA REMAINED COURTEOUS AND CORRECT THROUGHOUT. HE MADE NO NEW POINTS,
2. HE DID NOT REFER TO THE CONVICTED CHINESE PRISONERS IN HONG KONG BUT JUSTIFIED CHINESE TREATMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN TERMS OF CHINESE LAW AND THE MERITS OF INDIVIDUAL CASES. THIS IS THE FIRST OCCASION OF ITS KIND FOR SOME TIME WHICH HAS PASSED WITHOUT A SINGLE REFERENCE TO HONG KONG.
3. MA'S GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON STATE OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS ECHO THE REMARKS OF THE ASSISTANT HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT TO YOU ON 25 OCTOBER (YOUR TELEGRAM NO.651 OF 25 OCTOBER).
4. MA'S RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF REMISSION FOR WATT WAS
DISCOURAGING, PLEASE TAKE AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A REQUEST FOR REMISSION FOR WATT FORMALLY TO THE M.F.A.
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