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QUESTION: WHAT ILLNESS WERE THE PRISONERS SUFFERING FROM? ANSWER: IT IS NOT NORMAL TO REVEAL THE PERSONAL MEDICAL HISTORIES
OF PRISONERS.
Q: HAS ANY ARRANGEMENT BEEN MADE WITH THE CPG TO EXCHANGE THESE FRISONERS FOR BRITONS AT PRESENT DETAINED IN CHINA? IF NOT SHOULD IT BE REGARDED AS A MOVE TO FURTHER IMPROVE SINO BRITISH
RELATIONS?
A: NO. THE RELEASE OF THESE PRISONERS IS BASED ON HUMANITARIAN
GROUNDS.
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST PRISONER RELEASED UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES?
A: WONG NGAU-17 OCTOBER 1979
DETAILS:
WONG NGAU; AGE 61
DATE OF SENTENCE: 29:8:70
POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS
SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
(FCO PLEASE PAS PRIORITY TO PEKING)
SIR H. NORMAN-WALKER
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