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Telno 368
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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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25 March 1968
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Addressed to Commonwealth Office telegram No. 368 of
25 March. Repeated for information to Peking.
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Your telegram No. 283 [to Peking]: Prison Visits.
Paragraph 4: We have already told N.C.N.A. that a member of the Political Advisers Office would be present at entry to the prison (repeat prison) to ensure that there was no difficulties about entry procedure etc. This seems common sense. We added however that representative would not wish to be present at actual interview with the prisoners although these would have to be attended by a prison officer.
Paragraph 2 of Peking telegram No. 164: We are quite prepared (please see my telegram No. 366 paragraph 3) to consider allowing 3 visits but we have been anxious not to play this card until it seems likely that we would have something in exchange.
Sir D. Trench
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