CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1941
OF 13103OZ JUNE 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 020/14
005277
MDHIAN 8974
(101)
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CONSUL-GENERAL, SHANGHAI, TELEPHONED DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER THIS AFTERNOON TO REPORT HIS MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU OF
THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. HE ASKED DPA TO RELAY THE GIST.
2. CONSUL-GENERAL AGREED WITH THE CHINESE THAT THE MEETING SHOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC. HE WAS TOLD THAT YIU WAS IN DETENTION BUT THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU WERE STILL TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHERE. THE
REASONS GIVEN FOR YIU'S DETENTION WERE THE SAME AS THOSE GIVEN TO DPA BY NCNA COUR TELNO 1919 TO FCO). IT HAS APPARENTLY NOT YET BEEN DECIDED HOW THE CASE IS TO BE HANDLED. THIS MEANS WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESS NOW FOR HIS SWIFT RELEASE. ONCE THE CASE DISAPPEARS INTO THE MAW OF THE CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO INFLUENCE ITS DEVELOPMENT. THE CASE IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF
''OFFENCES'' BEEN SPECIFIED.
BECAUSE
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3. CONSUL-GENERAL WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD NOT BE CONVENIENT FOR HIM TO SEE YIU OR TO ATTEND A MEETING BETWEEN
AND HIS RELATIVES ALTHOUGH SUCH A MEETING WAS NOT ITSELF RULED OUT. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YIU'S FATHER AND BELIEVE HE HAS TELEPHONED SHANGHAI TO SPEAK TO CONSUL-GENERAL AND HIS BROTHER (UNCLE OF THE DETAINED BOY) WHO IS WITH CONSUL-GENERAL IN SHANGHAI.
4. C-G SHANGHAI SAID HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FO YOUR FURTHER INSTRUCTIO- NS.
FORD
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