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CE RELEASED ON 3 OCTOBER AND FOR CO-OPERATION OVER HIS TRAVEL
FROM CHINA, YUAN SAID THAT THE CHINESE POSITION WAS THAT WITH
THE RELEASE OF ALL THE NEWSWORKERS GREY'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
WOULD BE RESTORED TO THE STATE PRIOR TO 21 JULY 1967. GREY'S
DEPARTURE WOULD THEN BE HIS OWN BUSINESS.
WHATEVER HE WISHED TO DO HE COULD RAISE THROUGH NORMAL
CHANNELS AND IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE NORMAL WAY.
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3. I POINTED OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERING SAFEGUARDING
THE INTERESTS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AND STRESSED OUR HOPE THAT
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE HELPFUL OVER GREY'S DEPARTURE
WHICH WE WISHED TO SEE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY. YUAN REPLIED
THAT HIS GOVERNMENT SHARED THIS WISH AND THAT WITH THE
RELEASE OF THE NEWSWORKERS HE SAW NO REASON WHY ALL MATTERS
CONNECTED WITH GREY COULD NOT BE SOLVED EASILY.
ALLAN.
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