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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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Draft Telegram to:-
Peking
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PEKING
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Your telegram No. 886. We agree that
reticence over the treatment of British subjects under
detention does not seem to have done any particular
good. On the contrary there is firm evidence that
moxe the Chinese at any rate new critical comment about
their treatment of foreigners and it is therefore
reasonable to assume that some sections of the
aware that this behaviour is damagmy leadership are working to improve Chinese beiravioul internationally.
It is for this reason that we have recently been
content to see greater publicity given to the plight
of British subjects. It is not unfortunately true
however that public pressures for undesirable
retaliatory action have ceased. There is a steady Incale flow of letters and some Barliamentary Questions
demanding tough action which increase on each
occasion when interest is focussed on British subjects
The demand by the "Economist" that NCNA in London
should be expelled if Grey is not released soon
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