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ROUZINE HONGKONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 323

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( JULY 1968

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ADDRESSED PEKING

TELEGRAM NO. 323 DATED 8TH JULY REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 642 10 THE FOREIGN OFFICE PARAGRAPH 2 : GREY. THIS ALLEGATION HAS APPEARED IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS HERE. THERE IS NO CREPEAT) NO TRUTH IN IT. DETAINEES AT THE VICTORIA DETENTION CENTRE AFE SOMETIMES HANDCUFFED WHEN PASSING FROM ONE BLOCK WITHIN THE CENTRE TO ANOTHER SOME EIGHTY YARDS AWAY WHERE INTERVIEWS TAKE PLACE. THIS IS TO PREVENT ATTEMPTS AT ESCAPE, AND THE HANDCUFFS ARE REMOVED BEFORE THE DETAINEES SEE THEIR RELATIVES. HANDCUFFS ARE NOT USED AT ALL IN STANLEY PRISON.

CO PLEASE PASS PEKING.

SIR DL TRENCH

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