En Clair
IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno. 874
UNCLASSIFIED
Jos
12 July 1967
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 874 of 12 July Repeated for information to Hong Kong (Immediate).
I was summoned last night at 11 p.m. to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where Mr. Hsueh, Deputy Director of West Europe, read an oral statement about the arrest in Hong Kong of Hsueh P'ing of NCNA.
2. He described this as a serious political provocation, and mentioned a previous occasion on 25 June when Deputy Head and other staff member of NCNA in Hong Kong had been stopped and searched. The Chinese Government lodged a strong protest and demanded that the British Government order the Hong Kong authorities to release the NCNA prisoner immediately, make an apology and guarantee the normal safety and freedom of NCNA members in Hong Kong.
3. I said I was unaware of the case, but that if Mr. Hsueh P'ing had been arrested he would presumably be charged with an offence. I rejected the protest but said I would report the matter to you.
Mr. Hopson
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