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GREY--STAR:
Mr. Carter H.K. DANCY.
Mr Welon. Far East
No. Gaminiara
HONG KONG, DEC. 4, REUTER THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, THE STAR, SAID TODAY THAT PEKING HAS ASKED COMMUNISTS IN HONG KONG TO PROPOSE A NEW PLAN FOR THE RELEASE OF REUTER_CORRESPONDENT ANTHONY GREY IN EXCHANGE FOR LEFTISTS HELD IN HONG KONG.
THE NEWSPAPER, QUOTING WHAT IT CALLED ITS OWN USUALLY RELIABLE SOURCES, SAID THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS VERY WORRIED. BY THE WORLD- WIDE PUBLICITY BEING GIVEN TO THE CASE OF MR. GREY, WHO HAS BEEN HELD UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR MORE THAN 16 MONTHS,
"IT FEARS IT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE MILD-LINE IMAGE PEKING IS TRYING TO CREATE TO BEGIN COEXISTENCE TALKS AT-WARSAW WHEN U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT RICHARD NIXON TAKES OFFICE NEXT YEAR," THE STAR SAID.
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0953: GREY--STAR 2 HONG KONG:
THE REPORT SAID PEKING HAD CURTLY TOLD THE "LITTLE CABINET" OF COMMUNISTS AT THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY IN HONG KONG THAT THEIR PLAN TO EXCHANGE MK. GREY FOR 13 NEWSPAPER WORKERS UNDER ARREST OR- DETENTION IN HONG KONG HAD NOT WORKED AND THAT THEY SHOULD TRY TO MAKE A NEW PROPOSAL,
"NOW HONG KONG'S TOP REDS ARE TRYING AGAIN TO CONTACT A HONNG KONG BUSINESSMAN TO ACT AS AN INTERMEDIARY WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT HONG KONG IS PREPARED TO DO IF GREY IS RELEASED."
THE STAR SOURCES SAID PEKING HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE NEW PLAN SHOULD GO FURTHER THAN JUST RELEASING THE REUTER MAN.
"IT MAY,
THEREFORE, INCLUDE SOME OTHER BRITONS JAILED IN CHINA AND MAY NOT INSIST THE 13 JAILED RED JOURNALISTS BE RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME ·BUT OTHER REDS INSTEAD," THE STAR REPORT CONCLUDED.
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