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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 387
CONFIDENTIAL 9411392
TO PEKING
4 NOVEMBER 1978
(FED)
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 397 OF 4/11 REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.
2.
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 760: SICK PRISONERS.
SIR STANLEY TOMLINSON SUMMONED MA THIS MORNING TO INFORM HIM OF THE TWO IMPENDING RELEASES. HE EMPHASISED OUR PARTICULAR CONCERN
OVER JOHSNTON IN VIEW OF HIS ILL HEALTH.
3. IN REPLY MA DEMANDED AS USUAL THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL THE REMAINING PRISONERS, AND SAID THAT THE FORTHCOMING RELEASES WERE TOO SMALL A STEP. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF WE TOOK MORE POSITIVE MEASURES OVER CONFRONTATION PRISONERS, HE WAS SURE THAT THE CASE OF JOHNSTON WOULD BE SETTLED.
FULL RECORD FOLLOWS BY BAG.
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