CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2197
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
20 NOVEMBER · 1968
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ADDRESSED FCO AS MY TELEGRAM NO. 2197 DATED 20TH NOVEMBER RF1 PEKING.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 2194: PRISON VISITS.
THIS MORNING'S COMMUNIST PRESS GIVES PROMINENCE TO REPORTS ON THE VISITS AT STANLEY AND LAI CHI KOK ON 16 AND 19 NOVEMBER. THE REPORTS STATE BRIEFLY THAT THE VISITS WERE THE RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE N.C.N.A. AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER AND THAT THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER WAS PRESENT. MOST OF THE SPACE IS DEVOTED TO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EMOTIONAL SCENES SAID TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE VISITS, AND TO ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ILL-TREATMENT AND
PERSECUTION OF PRISONERS.
2. PRESS INTEREST HAS BEEN MILD SO FAR. IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES WE HAVE TAKEN THE LINE SET OUT IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 2183.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY PEKING.
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