YPHER CAT/A
PRIORITY
HỒNG KONG
TO F.2.0.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 766
5 NOVEMBER 1970
CONFIDENTIAL 050215Z
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LONDON TELEGRAM
NUMBER 766 AND REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
PEKING.
FOR NEWS DEPARTMENT.
NO PULICITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RELEASE ON 6 NOVEMBER OF THE
TO PRISONERS REFERRED TO IN MY TELEGRAM 760 UNLESS PRESS QUESTIONS
ARE ASKED, IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS WE WILL ISSUE THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT:-
''TWO PRISONERS WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED A REMISSION OF SENTENCE FOR
HEALTH REASONS BY THE GOVERNOR WERE RELEASED FROM STANLEY PRISON
TODAY.
THESE CASES WERE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR
FOLLOWING MEDICAL REPORTS MADE BY THE PRISON MEDICAL OFFICER.
THE GOVERNOR EXERCISED HIS PREROGATIVE TO REMIT SENTENCES
UNDER ARTICLE 15 CF THE LETTERS PATENT AND ORDERED THE RELEASE
OF THE PRISONERS TODAY''.
2. IN ANSWER TO SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS WE WILL DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TWO PRISONERS:-
AGE 43
OFFENCE: A. RIOT
B. CONSORTING WITH PERSONS CARRYING CFFENSIVE WEAPONS
C. RESISTING A POLICE OFFICER
SENTENCE: 8 YEARS
DATE OF SENTENCE: 27:9:67
NORMAL EARLIEST DATE OF RELEASE: 25:1:73
AGE 39
OFFENCE! POSSESSION CF OFFENSIVE WEAPON
SENTENCE: 9 YEARS
DATE OF SENTENCE: 23:10:67
NORMAL EARLIEST DATE OF RELEASE: 22:13:73
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