Foreign Office several times divers
the last two months.
ago.
A few weeks
the Foreign Office cabled the British Chargs' D'Affaires in Peking
anthorising him to contact the Chinese Imeion Ministry in
attempt to
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discover the exact whereabouts of my and his family. So for no reply has
been received from China.
other
son
My
and in-laws, have also been to the Chinese Embassy several times, but
have not been able to get any news or any satisfaction from them.
Peking for
three
We are afraid that my son and his family have been detained by Chinese,
as so many others have been. My son, Srie, wrote regularly from
years. He was
He was not casual about letters, he liked writing, and besides he knows
his mothers is a worrier, so ke wrote regularly
so she would not worry. The last lotter we had from him, was the 28th
October, 1967. There must be something awfully wrong for him to stop
writing so suddenly like that. We have not had a letter for six months.
Something must have happened. My said he would write from Houghong
before getting
on this boat, but we have not had any letter. He said that, the
jimmermany "iny ・gue beat them thangler.
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might take six - eight weeks, but com if it had to take longer, say
he would have written to us.
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of Ew mouths
sou would not do
I am sure that my anything wrong!
or break any of the Chinese laws and regulations. I am sure hat would
not say
he anything against China, or criticise China. He would not knowingly do
anything wrong. He always asked permission ofor whatever he wished to
do. - If he wished to visit another part of China for a holiday, he
would ack permission, and if permission refused, he did not attempt to
always obedient.
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I am sure he was
He did not criticise China in his letters, or write anything against the
Em; and we did not write against Colina in our
fault could be found with our
no
letters; so
lettos,
if anyour else read them.
In fact, my son often wrote favourably of China. (My wife has kept his
letters). Although, naturally, he missed England, and his family and
afriends. My son and his family liked living in Raking, and they liked
the Chinese people : they would not say or do anything offensive, or
insulting,
autagonistic. My
grandion learned to speak the language very well, and fluently, for his
and is, what the choices
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against my
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son and his family. I do not son could have offended the If they have
detained them,
it must be for nothing, ofor
all.
no reason at
I do not see what reason they
could have.
We are afraid the Chinese must have detained them. We do not see what
else could have happened. The thing that could prevent
son from writing, would be that the Chinese
would not let him write:
you
only
us
We would be most grateful for any help, or advice,
could give regarding my son and his family. We do not know what to do,
as the Foreign office, and Chinese Embassy have not been able to help.
The Government asked the Chinese Government about my son and his
and his family a few week but received no
reply.- Bo
you
ago,
think the
Government should ask the Chinese again, (-Perhaps it is necessary to
ask the Chinese more
-) - Do you
than once
you think
it to the Government.?
you could mention
Thank you very much indeed. With Best Wishes,
Yours Sensorle
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