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pressure. He said the guards had threatened him right up
forced until the last minute with a "fixed job placement"
(amounting to an indefinite sentence) after his release.
You might like to ask him if he has any further news
of the remaining Hong Kong detainees, Li Longqing (pron.
"lee longching") Li Peicheng ("lee paychung") and Wu Jiguang ("woo jee gwang").
You could also bring him up to date on the Chinese
response to the Prime Minister's list; saying that after
prolonged and repeated Ministerial pressure, the Chinese
have new responded by indicatif which names fall into
various categories eg "sentenced", "released", "never
detained", and "not traced". We are now pressing them
for further details.
You may wish to tell him that the Chinese have
agreed to the visit by a High Level Study Mission to
is investigate human rights in China.
The delegation t
to be
led by Sir Geoffrey Howe with further details to be
agreed after the election.
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