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10 DECEMBER 1968 (FED)
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 977 OF 10 DECEBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO PRIORITY HONG KONG.
ANTHONY GREY.
NEWS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY ON THE RECORD.
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CASKED IF HR. CRADOCK IN PEKING HAD SEEN THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ABOUT MR, GREY) QUOTE YES, HE CALLED AT THE MINISTRY
YESTERDAY AND WE ARE NOW STUDYING A REPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HIM
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OF THE NEWS DEPARTMENT IN THE MINISTRY UNQUOTE.
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CRADOCK WAS ASKING FOR AN INTERVIEW PARTICULARLY IN THIS INSTANCE TO
MAKE REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF MR. GREY'S TREATMENT
BUT LE WERE NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVE UHICH IS TO
SECURE HIS RELEASE UNQUOTE,
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Mr. Anthony Grey
1146
Thank you for your letter of 2 December reporting the Prime Minister's
discussion with Mr. Mullay about Mr. Anthony Grey of Reuters.
In the second paragraph of your letter there are references to communist
journalists in prison in Hong Kong, which are misleading. The exact
position is this. In attempting to justify the detention of Mr. Orey,
the Chinese Foreign Ministry on 22 July, 1967 announced that "in view of
the Hong Kong British authorities' unreasonable persecution of the
correspondents of the Hong Kong Branch of the New China News Agency and
other patriotic newsmen, the Chinese Government has decided to limit the
freedom of movement of the British Reuters' correspondent in Pekin
Mr. Oray's detention followed the arrest of eight communist journalists
in Hong Kong. Three of these, including Hsueh P'ing were employees of
the Ñ.E.N.A. Seven of the
were pluding two of the N.C.N.A. men, were
fined HK$ 50 on 5 August, 1988 and released. Haugh P'ing was released
with full remission on 16 November, 1968. Thus all the communist
newspaper workers covered by the statement of July, 1967 have now been
released.
However after Mr. Grey's detention various communist newspaper workers
were arrested and subsequently convicted for offences in connection with
the troubles. of these 13 including a
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10 DEC 1968
Mr. Anthony Grey
Thank you for your letter of 2 December
reporting the Prime Minister's discussion with
Mr. Mulley about Mr. Anthony Grey of Reuters.
2. In the second paragraph of your letter
there are references to communist journalists
in prison in Hong Kong, which are misleading.
The exact position is this. In attempting to
justify the detention of Mr. Grey, the Chinese
Foreign Ministry on 22 July 1967 announced that
"in view of the Hong Kong British authorities'
unreasonable persecution of the correspondents
of the Hong Kong Branch of the New China News
Agency and other patriotic newamen, the Chinese
Government has decided to limit the freedom of
movement of the British Reuters' correspondent
in Peking".
Kr. Grey's detention followed the
arrest of eight communist journalists in Hong
Kong. Three of these, including Hsueh P'ing,
were employees of the N.C.N.A. Seven of the
eight, including two of the N.C.N.A. men, were
fined HK$ 50 on 5 August 1968 and released.
Hsueh P'ing was released with full remission
on 16 November 1968. Thus all the communist
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newspaper workers covered by the statement of
July 1967 have now been released.
3.
However after Mr. Grey's detention various
communist newspaper workers were arrested and
subsequently convicted for offences in connexion
with the troubles, Of these 13 including a
N.C.N.A. correspondent, Lo, are still in prison
(and we have had to grant a special quasi-
official prison visit to all 13 in order to
gain access to Mr. Grey).
due out early next year.
due out in September 1969;
out until 1971.
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11 including Lo, are
but one is not due
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Kr. Palliser wrote to you on 2 December reporting
a discussion between the Prime Minister and Mr. Mulley
about Mr. Grey.
2. The second paragraph of the letter contains references
to communist journalists in prison in Hong Kong, which are
erroneous.
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James Welumang.
(James Murray)
5 December, 1968.
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Dear Durch,
The Prime Minister discussed the question of the continued detention in
Peking of Mr. Anthony Grey of Reuters with the Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs (Mr. Mulley) when he and Lord Chalfont were with the
Prime Minister this evening. explained that Mr. John Beavan of the Daily
Mirror, with a group of leading journalists, had asked to come to see
him to raise the question of Mr. Grey.
He
Mr. Mulley explained that Lord Shepherd had held a meeting earlier today
to discuss this and other related matters connected with our relations
with China.. H.M. Chargé d'Affaires in Peking had been instructed last
week to see the Chinese Foreign Ministry to make our position clear to
them.
It was considered preferable that he should do this before there was any
question of raising the matter with the Chinese Chargé here. We had
however gained the impression from secret sources that there was a
chance of Grey being released three weeks after the release of the
Chinese journalists imprisoned in Hong Kong, for whose imprisonment his
detention was believed to be a reprisal.
Although only one of these men had been let out so far, with remission
for good behaviour, and the second was not due for release for another
eighteen months, there seemed nevertheless a reasonable chance that the
Chinese might act over Grey unless a counter-productive campaign for his
release developed here. In that case the Chinese might continue to
detain him.
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The Prime Minister said that he had been asked about this at a luncheon
given by the Sunday Times on November 29. He had warned his hosts
against excessive publicity and whipping up anti-Chinese feeling, since
this might be counter-productive for Mr. Grey's own interests.
It was agreed that for the time being it would be preferable not to stir
up publicity in this matter; and that we should at least delay for a
further week or so to give an opportunity for Cradock to pursue the
matter in Peking. The Prime Minister said that he thought that he would
see Mr. Beavan privately; and, without revealing what Mr. Mulley had
told him he would give him to understand that it would be preferable, in
Mr. Grey's interest, to be patient for à little while longer.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Gruffydd Jones (Cabinet office).
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D.M. Day, Esq.,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Your telegram No. 976: Barey.
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December,
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