TNAG-0109-FCO40-145-Detainees-and-prisoners-following-19671968-disturbances-1968 — Page 70

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PRIORITY PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

20 NOVEMBER, 1968

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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM NO.1038 OF 20 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON POLAD SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG.

PEOPLE'S DAILY AND NCNA OF 20 NOVEMBER CARRIED NCNA ARTICLE DATELINED HONG KONG 19 NOVEMBER, ENTITLED QUOTE NCNA CORRESPONDENT LEAVES JAIL TRIUMPHANTLY UNQUOTE. FOLLOWING ARE MAIN POINTS.

2. THE NCNA CORRESPONDENT HSUEH PING, WHO WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES TRIUMPHANTLY CAME OUT OF JAIL ON THE 16 NOVEMBER, THANKS TO FIRM SUPPORT OF THE GREAT SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND, AND CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE BY PATRIOTIC HONG KONG CHINESE.

3. SINCE MAY LAST YEAR, THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES PERSECUTED NCNA AND OTHER PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG, FEARING EXPOSURE OF THEIR FASCIST ATROCITIES. MORE THAN THIRTY PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS WERE ILLEGALLY ARRESTED, OF WHICH THIRTEEN ARE STILL DETAINED IN INHUMAN CONDITIONS. THIS ASTONI SHINGLY SAVAGE ACTION HAS BEEN RARELY SEEN IN HISTORY OF WORLD PRESS.

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