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& HARD

HONG KONG

Hong Kong

CONFIDENTIAL

Peking

PEKING

Departmental

H.i.p.t. : Prison Visits.

Subject to your comments and those of Peking,

I suggest the following plan of action:

(a) Sir Donald Hopson should say to the Chinese

(b)

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that we have been trying to see how some progress

could be made over the question of visits to imprisoned NCNA and other journalists.

these prisoners have of course been receiving regular visits but, as a special concession, we are now propared to make additional arrangements

for special visits to such prisoners. The

details (including the numbers of journalists involved) could be arranged in Hong Kong between NONA and the Political Adviser who has been

instructed to make contact with them.

that the

If asked, Hopf8n should also say question of visits by NCNA to non-NCNA prisoners

should not be a major difficulty, adding that

/arrangements