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notorious Regulation 18B during time of war.

Certainly nothing

now can justify the retention of these laws, nor the detention of those held under them. All those who care for the British Goverment's standing in matters relating to the rule of law must reject the cynical posture adopted by the Hong Kong Government.

Yours faithfully,

John Near

Lecturer in Law, University of Hong Kong.