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TELNO 122
OF 181715Z JANUARY 91
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HKB Oil / 1
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134077 MDHOAN 5961
LOUDHAILER CASE: APPEAL VERDICTS
1.
WE HAVE NOTED FROM THE SUMMARY OF CHINESE PRESS FOR 18 JANUARY THAT THE FIVE PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONVICTED OF USING LOUDHAILERS AND COLLECTING DONATIONS ILLEGALLY HAD WON THEIR APPEAL AND HAD ALL CHARGES AGAINST THEM DROPPED.
2.
SINCE WE ARE LIKELY QUICKLY TO RECEIVE PRESS ENQUIRIES AS WELL AS LETTERS FROM MPS WHO HAD EARLIER SHOWED INTEREST IN THE CASE, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A READOUT ON THE VERDICT AND YOUR ASSESS- MENT OF IT AND ITS POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.
HURD
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57
DISTRIBUTION
59
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
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HD/FED
NEWS D
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
2
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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