CYPHER CAT/A
MEDIATA. CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 843
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
22 DECEMBER 1970
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CONFIDENTIAL 2208072
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 843 OF 22 DECEMBER
RFI HONG KONG
MIPT.
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QUOTE AMONG THE PATRIOTIC CHINESE COMPATRIOTS WHO WERE UN- WARRANTEDLY ARRESTED AND SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT BY THE BRITISH
AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG IN 1967, 74 ARE STILL IN PRISON
NOW. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ON MANY OCCASIONS MADE REPRE-
SENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, DEMANDING A SPEEDY RELEASE OF ALL THESE INNOCENT PATRIOTIC CHINESE. BUT REGRETABLY. THEY ARE STILL KEPT IN JAIL UNWARRANTEDLY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN OVER THEIR PLIGHT. IT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT OF THESE PEOPLE
} CONSTITUTES A SERIOUS OBSTACLE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HOPES THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE MEASURES TO SPEEDILY RELEASE ALL THESE 74 PATRIOTIC CHINESE COMPATRIOTS STILL IN PRISON IN HONG KONG., SO AS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SINO-BRITISH
RELATIONS UNQUOTE.
MR.
DENSON
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