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TELNO 111
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PEKING TELNO 105:
1. YOU MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF OUR CONTACT WITH
ON 7-8 JUNE OF USE.
2. WE HAD REGULAR TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH HIM ON 7 JUNE, DURING WHICH IT SEEMED THAT THE INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES WE ASSUME
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THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU BUT THIS WAS NEVER CONFIRMED MIGHT WELL RELEASE HIM. HE WAS ASKED TO WRITE ''AN EXPLANATION'' OF HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE STUDENT'S PROTEST AND TO EXPLAIN WHY HE HAD SO MUCH MONEY WITH HIM. HE WAS TOLD THAT IF THIS WAS SATISFACTORY, HE WOULD BE FREE TO GO. WE TOLD HIM THAT WHEN HE WAS FREE TO GO, HE SHOULD CONTACT THE EMBASSY, AND, IF HE WISHED, SHOULD COME TO THE EMBASSY TO AWAIT HIS DEPARTURE. HE EVIDENTLY MISUNDERSTOOD THIS AND ARRIVED AT THE EMBASSY ABOUT 1600 HOURS WITHOUT PAPERS OR PERMISSION TO LEAVE. WE PERSUADED HIM TO RETURN TO THE PALACE HOTEL AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE NIGHT, AND SUGGESTED THAT HE SHOULD INFORM THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS THAT HE HAD VISITED THE EMBASSY. HE SUBSEQUENTLY SAID HE HAD NOT DONE THIS, BUT HAD PROMINENTLY MENTIONED IT ON THE TELEPHONE TO HONG KONG.
STILL DID NOT
3. ON 8 JUNE WE MADE CONTACT IN THE MORNING. MR HAVE HIS DOCUMENTS, BUT WAS OTHERWISE WELL AND READY TO GO. ABOUT 1500 LOCAL, HE TELEPHONED TO SAY THAT HE NOW HAD HIS DOCUMENTS AND COULD LEAVE. MEMBERS OF MY STAFF, INCLUDING THE HEAD OF CHANCERY WENT TO THE PALACE HOTEL, MADE CONTACT WITH MR
AND WENT TO
THE AIPORT WITH HIM. HE WAS TAKEN IN AN UNMARKED CAR BY AN OFFICIAL. AT THE AIRPORT HIS TRAVEL DOCUMENT WAS HANDED TO HIM AND A PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK PICTURES OF HIM AND THE EMBASSY STAFF. EVERYBODY SHOOK HANDS AND THE OFFICIALS DEPARTED. THERE WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM AT THE IMMIGRATION DESK BECAUSE MR
ALREADY HAD AN EXIT STAMP FROM MONDAY NIGHT. BUT AFTER SOME CONSULTATION AN OFFICER SENIOR ENOUGH WAS FOUND TO AUTHORISE THE CANCELLATION OF THIS AND MR
HAD NO FURTHER DIFFICULTIES. HEAD OF CHANCERY REMAINED WITH HIM UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT DOORS CLOSED.
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