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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 32 OF 2 AUGUST 1974.
MY TELEGRAM NO 31: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
1.
THE HONG KONG STANDARD STORY SEEMS IN ANY CASE INHERENTLY
UNLIKELY. IF YOU NEED ARGUMENT TO REFUTE IT YOU COULD POINT
OUT THAT, SINCE THE PARTY RETURNED FROM COM SON:
A. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE RELEASED AND THOSE PROVISIONALLY RELEASED, WHICH HARDLY SUGGESTS THAT ANY OF THEM
WERE DEAD: AND
B.
WE HAVE HAD A STATEMENT FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT ALL WILL BE TRIED ACCORDING TO THE LAW, WHICH WOULD BE HIGHLY
DISHONEST IF SOME HAD ALREADY BEEN DESPATCHED TO THE FRONT.
2. SINCE A TRIAL OR TRIALS ARE FORECAST, AT WHICH THE ACCUSED
WILL HAVE TO BE PRODUCED, IT WOULD BE DANGEROUSLY COUNTER-
PRODUCTIVE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO CONCEAL FACTS AS
ALLEGED BY THE STANDARD.
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