TILERE 15 TO BE A FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
0' 12 DECEMBER. THIS WILL GIVE MINISTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO THE
PLIGHT OF GREY AND OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS DETAINED IN
CHINA,
2. IF OUR CHARGE D'AFFAIRES HAS NOT SUCCEEDED IN MAKING
REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE ABOUT GREY IN THE MEANTIME IT IS
THE INTENTION TO HAVE SHEN PING CALL HELE ON 10 DECEMBER.
3. WE SHALL IN ANY CASE BE REVIEWING THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE GOVERNOR ON
13 DECEMBER PRIOR TO HIS RETURN. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET US
HAVE BY 1000 HOURS BST ON 10 DECEMBER ANY RECENT INFORMATION WHICH YOU
MAY HAVE GLEANED THROUGH YOUR INFORMAL CHANIEL OR FROM OTHER SOURCES,
WHICH MIGHT CAST LIGHT ON THE INTENTIONS OF THE CHINESE WITH REGARD TO
GREY.
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Grey.
There is xpublix to be a Foreign Affairs debate
in Parliament on 12 December. This will give
Ministers an opportunity to refer to the plight
of Grey and other British subjects detained in
China.
2. If our chargé d'Affaires has not succeeded
in making representations to the Chinese about
Grey in the meantime it is the intention to have
Shen P'ing call here on 10 December.
3. We shall in any case be reviewing the next
steps with the Governor on 13 December prior to his
return. It would be helpful if you could let us
have by 1000 hours BST on 10 December any recent
Year information which you may have gleaned through the- informal
severe channel or from other sources,which might
cast light on the intentions of the Chinese with
regard to Grey.
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Mr. Anthony Grey
As requested, I attach a Note on the present position
of the case of Mr. Anthony Grey for possible use by
Mr. Mulley in Cabinet tomorrow.
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(James Murray)
4 December, 1968.
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LIR. ANTHONY GREY
The Present Position
Mr. Cradock, our Chargé d'Affaires in Peking, has not
yet succeeded in obtaining an interview with the Chinese to
make representations about the conditions of detention of
Mr. Grey
and to ask about his release.
2. We had from the outset accepted that, even if the Chinese
had decided to release Mr. Grey in return for our release of
Heueh P'ing on 16 November, they might well delay up to a
month; and we had thought it politic to play things quietly
in the meantime. However the visit to Mr. Grey has
It would still seem
inevitably aroused public interest.
desirable to play things quietly for a little longer in the
hope admittedly slight that the Chinese will release
Mr. Grey in the near future. In view of public interest,
however, we can hardly delay the making of an official statement
beyond the middle of next week; and I propose to recommend
that the Secretary of State should make a statement on about
11 December.
3. Such a statement will be expected to include an account
of representations to the Chinese. If the Chinese continue
to refuse to see Mr. Cradock, it would be desirable to summon
their Chargé d'Affaires here before the statement is made.
/ I suggest
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I suggest that this might be done on 9 or 10 December.
4. Much must depend on whether or not the Chinese, in Peking
or in London, formally name a definite price for the release
of Mr. Grey, e.g. the release of all 13 communist newspaper
workers at present in prison in Hong Kong. If they do, this
will pose problems for the drafting of the statement.
It
would in any case seem best not to refer publicly to any
Chinese price until we have decided the next policy steps.
(The Governor of Hong Kong is due in London for discussions on
12 and 13 December.).
5.
Meanwhile six more detainees have been released in Hong
Kong (leaving 23 still in detention).
This reflects the
increasing confidence of the Hong Kong authorities that an
increased rate of releases does not carry security risks.
We have, however, to be careful what we say in public about
this, since we do not want it to appear that we are ready to
use detainees as political pawns in a negotiation. But since
the Chinese themselves have emphasised to us that it is deeds
not words that matter, these releases ought to have some
value as a gesture on our part towards the settlement of
outstanding issues in Hong Kong.
Far Eastern Department,
4 December, 1968.
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5 December, 1968.
I enclose a monumental collection of press cuttings which will give you
some idea of the coverage given in the British press during the last two
weeks to Grey's case and that of other British subjects detained by the
Chinese. I fear that you will find a lot of inaccuracies in the
newspaper accomta, but in general it is favourable from our point of
view and reflects well on the hard work of News Department in keeping
the press on the right lines.
P. Cradock, Esq., C.M.G.,
PEKING.
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B.B.C's News last night carried report that Shen Ping, in answer to
representations by journalists in London, had said Grey would not be
released until the 13 news workmen in prison in Hong kong were released.
2.
Grateful for text of his statement by Immediate telegram,
FCO please pass to Hong Kong,
Mr. Cradock
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FROM NEWS REPORTS AND EDITORIAL COMMENTS CONCERNING GREY WHICH MAY
APPEAR OR HAVE APPEARED IN LAST FEW DAYS IN LOCAL PRESS. THIS WOULD
ENSURE THAT DEGREE OF FOREIGN INTEREST IN GREY CASE IS BROUGHT TO
ATTENTION OF THE CHINESE. GRATEFUL IF THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS TELEGRAM
WOULD DO THIS IF POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE
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WE WISH TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM PUSLICITY IN THE FOREIGN PRESS FOR THE NEXT
TWO WEEKS FOR GREY'S CASE AND THE GASES OF OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS
DETAINED BY THE CHINESE, WE ARE PARTICULARLY KECH TOC CO SO IN COUNTRIES
WHERE THE CHINESE HAVE CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE, AND ¡SBELS WHEREVER THEY
HAVE A MISSION, THE POSTS HOST OBVIOUILLY CONCERNED ARE THOSE RECEIVING
THIS GUIDANCE AND GUIDANCE 24 TELEGRAPHICALLY. THE BULK OF THE REPORT BY
H.M. CHANGE D'AFFAIRES IN PEKING ON HIS VISIT TO GREY ON 26 NOVEMBER HAS
BEEN CARNIED
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THE L.P.S. FURTHER STORIES WILL FOLLOW IN THIS SERVICE, AND A FOLLOW-UP
C.0.1. FEATURE ARTICLE 13 ALSO PLANNED.
2. THE POINTS WHICH WE ARE PARTICULARLY KECH TO GET ACROSS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) THE JOURNALISTS AND NEWSPAPER WORKERS DETAINED IN HORG gen WERE ALL
TRIED FOR SPECIFIC CRIMES AND SENTENCED TO DEFINE PERIODS OF
BURISONMENT, THEIR SENTENCES ARE SUBJECT TO REMISSIGA FOR COOD
BEHAVIOUR. GREY, BY CONTRAST, HAS 107 SCCL ACCUSED OF ANY CRIME AND HAS
NO IDEA WHEN HE MAY BE RELEASED
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ALL NOW RELEASED, THE WINESE SHOULD BY THEIR 04, RECKONING RELEASE HIM,
FILIR FAILURE TO DO SO SUGGESTS THAT Y MAY HAVE SHIFTED THEIR GROUND.
(11) THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE CONVICTED PRISONERS ARE DETAINED IN
HONG KONG ARE INTTITELY SETTER THAN THOSE OF GREY IN PEKING, THE
PRISONERS "KCEIVE REGULAR MONTHLY VISITS FROM
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE PRISON LIPKARY AS
REQUIRED: GREY IS DENIED ACCESS HIS OWN ROCKS, GREY IS !!
S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: COST OF THE PHILONERS ARE IN SPIELE CALLS HUT
ALL HAVE DAILY EXERCISE IN GROWS AND THOSE WHO AL PRIMARIA TO WORK ARE
19 CONSTANT TOUCH WITH FELLO-ISONERJ, THE PRINTER DAY HAVE ACCESS DI ANY
TIME TO PRISM OFFICIALS: GREY HAS HAD
10 CONTACT WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS 51-25 HE WAS DETA IRSD. (IV) GREY HAS
BEEN SUFFERING FROM CUEST PAINS BUT, THOUGH HE "AS LEEN BY A DOCTOR, HE
WAS REFUSED AR XRAY.
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(V) TRE MAIL FROM HIS MOTHER AND GIRL FRIEND WHICH GREY IS USUALLY
ALLOWED TO RECEIVE, HAS BEEN DELIBERATELY DELAYED,
APART FROM GREY THERE ARE 12 OTHER DRITISH SUBJECTS DETAIN' OR BELIEVED
TO BE DETAINED IN CHINA, IN NO OTHER CASE HAVE THE CHINESE ALLOWED
CONSULAR ACCESS NOR HAVE THEY PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE CHARGES, IF ANY,
AGAINST THOSE DETAINED, DESPITE REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS IN LONDON AND
PEKING, IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE EVER FAILED TO CONFIRM THE FACT OF THEIR
DETENTION, (VII) IT IS NOT ONLY BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO ARE DETAINED. THERE
ARE ALSO, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, 13 JAPANESE, 5 AMERICANS, ABOUT 8 WEST
GERIANS 1 SELGIUM AND 1 ITALIAN, APART FROM ↳ OF THE AMERICANS WHO WERE
SENTENCED TO LONC TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT IN THE SO'S, THEIR CASES ARE
SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE DETAINED BRITONS, SO FAR AS IS KNOWN THE
GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED WAYE BEEN EQUALLY UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A
SATISFACTORY REPLY FROM THE CHINESE.
3. MY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GUIDANCE TELEGRAN GIVES FURTHER
. BACKGROUND ON THE CASE OF GREY AND THE OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS IN
QUESTION, AND MAY BE DRAWN UPON FREELY.
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