PHER/CAT A AND BY BAG
ROUTINE FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 847
RESTRICTED
TO PEKING
24 SEPTEMBER 1969 (F)
839
RESTRICTED,
ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELNO 847 OF 24 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONG KONG AND POLAD SINGAPORE AND SAVING TO
WASHINGTON.
M.I.P.T.
UNATTRIBUTABLY SPOKESMAN ADDED:
QUOTE NO ONE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SEE MR. GREY SINCE APRIL 23 WHEN THE FORMER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, SIR DONALD HOPSON, AND A
MEMBER OF HIS STAFF WERE ALLOVED TO VISIT HIM. HE THEN APPEARED
TO BE IN SATISFACTORY HEALTH. SINCE THEN NO-ONE HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO SEE HIM AND THERE IS THEREFORE NO MEANS OF VERIFYING WHETHER
THE CHINESE STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT UNQUOTE. END OF UNATTRIBUTABLE.
S. CORRESPONDENT ASKED WHETHER CHINESE NEVSMEN HELD IN HONG KONG
HAD BEEN ALLOWED CONSULAR ACCESS OR OTHER OFFICIAL VISITORS.
3. SPOKESMAN REPLIED THIS WAS REALLY FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO SAY, BUT ADDED UNATTRIBUTABLY THAT REGULAR ACCESS WAS ALLOWED TO THESE MEN. THERE ARE TWO NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY STAFF AND THIRTEEN
OTHERS HELD. END UNATTRIBUTABLE.
SUSFA
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
#.0.
F.3.D.
CONSULAR DEPT.
NEWS DIPT.
C.O.
H.K.D.
NEWS DEPT.
878
биг
RESTRICTED
нию
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