29882
TSUI Chun
14.
25.1.74
29883
YAU Wai
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Possession of simulated bombs..
/9+9+5+5 concurrent
Possession of an explosive substance with intent to endanger life or
property.
Possession of an
offensive.weapon.
Possession of simulated bombs.
Concorting with a person having in his possession
explosive substances.
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Release
Number
Name
15.
12.75
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29736
MOK Siu-küi
Wounding with intent to murder
12
16.
15.2.76
30954
LO Shui-yan
Manslaughter
17.
28.3.76
32869
LO Lun
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18.
Life
28999
IP Tat-shing
19.
Life
28998
CHU Wing-chuen
CC
Robbery with aggravation. Robbery with aggravation.
Possession of offensive weapons.
Laying an explosive substance.
Causing an explosion.
Possession of
offensive weapons.
Laying an explosive substance with intent.
Causing an explosion.
Laying an explosive substance with intent.
FED, FCO
Chancery, Peking
(n o o) Hon. AG, HSG, DSB, DIS (Personal)
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Original sentence
12+12+12 concurrent
4+5 consecutive
Background
Threw a bomb at a Police party. 11 persons injured.
1 of 3 defendants involved in a bomb incident Lai Chi Kok/ Prince Edvard
Road in which 3 persons vere killed and 38 injured.
Robbery of Police arms in Yuen Long and Kam Tin.
10+5+Life+Life concurrent
Life
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8. May 1977
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Consuler Department
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You will wish to be avare thut at a part of the continuing process of
review of prizer. noutencee in One ong number of reductions inve ten
nada in pantences of i-isorers saulcated in 1967.
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The result of thace decision will be that ena prisoner will be re'nusad
on 12 May whose earliest release date would have been 35 Juruary 1973. A
fetter prizorer will be released r. 14 June whose surlicat reignse date
would have been 16 ang ber and another prison.p will be released on 14
released on 14 July whose earliest release date would have been 10
January 1973.
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The process of review of sentences by the mainph Board of Review will
contique, no wi 1 norecl rejonuts.
i take this opportunity to convey Ly bost vision.
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H: Evans Esq
Far Eastern Derartment JC
1. F Maddocks Esq Folitical Adviser
Jong Kong
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With the Compliments of the Assistant Political Adviser
Hong rộng
Enter
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BY BAG
SCR 7/3371/68 II
CONFIDENTIAL
M J RICHARDSON ESQ
PEKING
9 May 1972
FEH 1411
ماشا
CONFRONTATION PRISONERS
Thank you for your query about the previous offers of deportation
mentioned in Hong Kong telegram No. 26 to
Peking.
10.
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2.
The first vas a personal message from the Secretary of State (Mr. George
Brown) to Chou En-lai of 30 August 1967. There is no sign of any reply
on our files. The second, in a formal démarche made at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on 13 April 1968 was categorically rejected by Mr. Lo
Kuei-po, then Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs. The third attempt, made
at a secret contact in Hong Kong in early 1969 elicited
no reply.
3.
Copies are enclosed of P O telegrams No. 1801 of 1967 to Hong Kong and
No. 356 of 1968 to Peking; and of Peking telegram 302 of 1968 to the F
0.
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H L1 Davies E8q
FED
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Prospective releases at 5 May 1972
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Release expected
Number
Name
Original sentence
1.
12.5.72
28330
CHAN Chin-fong
2.
14.6.72
28834
TSANG Mui
-i
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3.
14.7.72
27993
TONG Ching-ping
5+1+8+2 concurrent
5+p+8+2
+8 concurrent
4.
16.7.72
28906
TO Min
5.
17.7.72
28669
6.
6.6.72
29279
7.
7.8.72
29281
8.
3.2.73
28489
9.
24.2.73
28707
10.
4.3.73
28754
11.
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15.4.73
29863
12.
9.6.73
30412
13.
11.1.74
29884
14.
11.1.74
29882
15.
25.1.74
29883
16.
14.12.75
29736
17.
15.2.76
30954
LO Shui-yan
13.
28.3.76
32869
LO Lun
19.
Life
28999
IP Tat-shing
20.
Life
28998
CHENG Yat-choi
LUK Nam
SZETO Foon
CHAN Yik
TAM Fat
CHAN Yuk-wa
CHAN Sang-cheung
LEUNG Pun
IP Sing
TSUI Chun
YAU Wai
MOK Siu-kui
CHU Wing-chuen
+4 concurrent
1045 concurrent
10+10 concurrent
10
5+5+8+5 concurrent
9+9+5+9+9 concurrent
9+9+5+9+9 concurrent
9+9+5+5 concurrent
12
12+12+12 concurrent
4+5 consecutive
10+5+Life+Life concurrent
Life
CC
FED, FCO
Chancery, Peking
(no o) Hon. AG, HSG, DSB, DIS (Personal)
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YOUR TEL NO. 346 TO HONG KONGL
CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
1.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT THAT CHANG WEN-CHIN
DID NOT RAISE THIS MATTER AT OUR MEETING YESTERDAY.
2. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE DISCRETION GIVEN TO ME ON
NOTIFICATION. 1 AM SATISFIED THAT IT IS PIGHT IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF
(LKL)
ADVANCE NOTIFICATION. RECENT EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS HAS GIVEN ME A TETTER
IDEA OF HOW YOU AND HONG KONG WANT ME TO PLAY THE HAND HERE. I HAVE
THEREFORE DECIDED TO SWITCH NOTIFICATION FROM THE POLITICAL CHANNEL.
NEXT NOTIFICATION WILL RE
GIVEN BY COUNSELLOR (IN MY ABSENCE ON TOUP) TO HEAD OF CONSULAR
DEPARTMENT A FEW DAYS BEFORE 12 MAY. WE SHALL TRY
TO KEEP TO THIS CHANNEL IN FUTURE.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 346:
CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
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MY INFORMATION SERVICES WILL NOT ANNOUNCE THESE RELEASES. IF THERE ARE
PRESS QUERIES THEY WILL CONFIRM EACH RELEASE SEPARATELY AFTER THE EVENT
AND WILL, IF NECESSARY, PROVIDE THE PRISONERS NAMES WITH BARE DETAILS OF
THE ORIGINAL CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES. THE AIN WILL BE TO KEEP
PUBLICITY HERE TO A KIMIMUM AND TO AVOID ANY SUGGESTION THAT OUR POLICY
MAY HAVE ALTERED.
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR) TELNO 346 OF 1 MAY, INFO
PRIORITY PEKING
YOUR TELEGRAMS NO 26 TO PEKING AND NO 333 AND PEKING TELEGRAMS NO 347
AND NO 371: CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
1. WE ACCEPT THE ANALYSIS IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO 339 AND
AGREE THAT YOU AND WE SHOULD STICK TO THE COURSE OUTLINED IN
PARAGRAPH 5.
2. ON NOTIFICATION, WE HAVE AN OPEN MIND, IF HM AMBASSADOR AT PEKING
WOULD PREFER TO NOTIFY THE CHINESE ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CHAM CHIN-FONG,
TSANG MUT AND TANG CHING-PING, WE SHOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO HIS DOING
THIS, PROVIDED HE DOES SO IN THE SAME FORM AS HAS BEEN THE EMBASSY'S
HABIT IN THE PAST. WE SHOULD NOT WISH HIM, HOWEVER,
TO SPEAK TO CHANG WEN-CHIN ABOUT THIS WHEN HE SEES CHANG ON OTHER
BUSINESS (PEKING TELMO 371).
3. WE OF COURSE VERY MUCH WELCOME THE NEWS IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 26
1 TO PEKING,
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CONFRONTATION PRISONERS IN HONG KONG
1. We owe the Governor and HM Ambassador in Peking our further views on
this subject. I submit a draft telegram to Hong Kong accordingly.
2.
I have deliberately not commented in the draft telegram on the
Governor's view that Mr Addis should say nothing to the Chinese about
the six additional releases which have now been approved by the Review
Board (Hong Kong telegram No 330, paragraph 7). This is because the
terms of the draft telegram are already discouraging enough from Mr
Addis's point of view. For the same reason, I have not put in a passage
saying that we agree with the line which the Governor suggests Mr Addis
might take in response to any further Chinese pressure on the subject
(Hong Kong telegram No 26 to Peking, paragraph 4).
3.
Incidentally the Governor's arithmetic seems to have gone awry. If there
are to be seven additional releases between now and April 1973, the
total will be ten and not eleven (Hong Kong telegram No 26 to Peking,
paragraph 1). The figure of seven is in any case inconsistent with the
figure given in paragraph 7 of Hong Kong telegram No 330.
28 April 1972
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Mr Hervey
R.M. Evans
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Evans
Far Eastern Department
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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 338 OF 24TH APRIL 1972. INFO PRIORITY
PEKING.
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PEKING TELEGRAMS 346 AND 347: CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
THE CHINESE SEEM TO BE DOING A MILD PROBE ON HONG KONG AT PRESENT BUT WE
KNOW LITTLE OF THEIR MOTIVE. IT MAY BE BECAUSE : A) THE ISSUES RAISED
ARE OF REAL AND IMMEDIATE CONCERN (WHICH I DOUBT), IN WHICH CASE THIS
WILL BECOME APPARENT IN TIME: OR B) AS A COUNTER TO DEMANDS OF OURS ON
OTHER MATTERS (AS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE CASE IN THIS LAST INSTANCE),
IN WHICH CASE WE MUST BE READY WITH A ROBUST REPLY (AS IN THIS CASE) OR
DROP THE OTHER MATTERS:
C) JUST TO SEE WHAT CAN BE PICKED UP FOR NOTHING: IN WHICH CASE THIS TOO
WILL BECOME APPARENT IN TIME PROVIDED WE SIT TIGHT.
2. MOREOVER I SUGGEST THAT WITH SO LITTLE TO GIVE AWAY ON ANY FRONT IT
WOULD BE MOST IMPRUDENT TO CONCEDE ANYTHING AT THIS STAGE, AND IN
EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING CONCRETE, AND WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT THE
EXTENT OF CHINESE INTENTIONS REALLY IS. TO RUN ANY RISK OF THEM
CONCLUDING WE WERE IN A GIVING MOOD WOULD LEAD RAPIDLY TO
DISILLUSIONMENT AND GRIEF.
3. SO I DEPRECATE THE OBJECTIVE OF APPEARING TO BE MAKING CONCESSIONS
(TEL. 347, PARA. 5). NOR DO I BELIEVE THE CPG WILL IN FACT **PUT
PRESSURE'' ON US OVER THIS ISSUE WHICH WE COULD NOT EASILY RESIST. BUT
IN ANY CASE I BELIEVE THE CPG WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO BE SATISFIED WITH
A CONCESSION APPARENTLY GIVEN WITH RELUCTANCE( 1.E. ''WRUNG OUT OF US
UNDER PRESSURE'') THAN THROWN AWAY IN THE FIRST ROUND. IT IS RELEVENT
THAT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER MY ARRIVAL LOCAL COMMUNISTS STARTED A
PROBING AGITATION ABOUT THE PRISONERS, BUT DROPPED IT WHEN NO RESPONSE
WAS MADE BEYOND THE SET RELEASES.
4. 1 THINK IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO PROPOSE A DEAL BY MEANS OF
DEPORTATION AS SUGGESTED IN PARA. 4 OF 347 BECAUSE:
A) THERE ARE STILL RATHER TOO MANY TO DEPORT WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL OF
PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. IT WILL BE EASIER BY THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REDUCED:
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B) TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT RELEASES WILL COME OUT
OF THE JUNE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW=
C) SINCE THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW CONCESSIONS WE COULD EVENTUALL MAKE (AND
IT IS NOT MUCH OF A ONE) LET US NOT SUGGEST IT AT THIS STAGE OR IT WILL
BE DISCOUNTED IN ADVANCE:
D) ABOVE ALL SUCH A DISCUSSION MIGHT BE USED BY THE CHINESE TO OPEN UP
JUST THE SORT OF WIDE-RANGING DIALOGUE ABOUT HONG KONG WHICH I AM SURE
WE SHOULD KEEP OFF JUST NOW. SUCH A
DIALOGUE COULD BUT TO EASILY AROUSE FALSE EXPECTATIONS ON THE PART OF
THE CPG AND SO LEAD TO UNNECESSARY GRIEF.
5.
1 THEREFORE THINK WE SHOULD STICK TO THE TIMETABLE ENVISAGED IN THE
''GU]DELINES'', 1.E. STEADY REDUCTION OF NUMBERS DURING THIS YEAR TO BE
FOLLOWED EVENTUALLY, IF THE CHINESE STILL KEEP FUSSING, BY AN OFFER TO
DEPORT THE SMALL HARD-CORE REMAINING.
6. MEANWHILE I THINK HM AMBASSADOR COULD BEST GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS BY
STICKING TO HIS FORMER RECOMMENDATION TO CEASE GIVING THE CHINESE
ADVANCE NOTICE OF RELEASES. BUT THIS IS A MATTER FOR YOUR AND HIS
JUDGEMENT, AND IF YOU SEE ADVANTAGE I WOULD NOT CBJECT TO HIM NOTIFYING
THE CHINESE OF THE NEXT THREE 1.E. THE BALANCE OF THE LIST ATTACHED TO
MADDOCK'S LETTER TO WILFORD OF 28 DECEMBER HOT MENTIONED IN SAVUEL'S
LETTER TO CHANG WEN-CHIN CF 14 JANUARY. THE NUMBER HAPPENS APPROPRIATELY
TO BE THE SAME AS THAT OF THE BRITISH PRISONERS IN CHINA.
7. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE 6 FURTHER RELEASES
REFERRED TO IN MY TELNO 26 TO PEKING UNTIL AFTER THE JUNE REVIEW, WHEN I
HAVE SUGGESTED WE SHOULD RECONSIDER FUTURE TACTICS. OTHERVISE WE MAY
FIND OURSELVES WITH NOTHING MORE TO SAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN THE SECOND
HALF OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE ARE READY TO MAKE ON OFFER TO DEPORT.
8. I AM SO GLAD THAT HM AMBASSADOR USED THE ROBUST LANGUAGE REPORTED IN
HIS TELNO 346. IF I MIGHT SAY SO I AM SURE THIS WILL SERVE ALL OUR
INTERESTS BEST INCLUDING HIS OWN STANDING IN PEKING.
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TO PRIORITY FCO TELEGRAM NO 247 OF 29 APRIL INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
(PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR).