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CONFIDENTIAL

After a long delay, the Peking authorities

have recently been issuing a number of exit visas

for the staff of the British Mission in Peking.

At the same time the Hong Kong authorities have

been releasing a number of Communist detainees

who have been held in custody in Hong Kong for the

part they played in last year's disturbances.

However, so far all attempts by HMG to secure the

release of Mr. Grey, Reuter's correspondent in

there

Peking who has been under house arrest for

more

than a year, have failed. The attempts are

continuing.

Hong Kong Department

September, 1968

CONFIDENTIAL