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PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG HELD MEETING YESTERDAY TO GREET HSUEH PING, AND DEMANDED THAT THIRTEEN JOURNALISTS STILL IN JAIL AND ALL OTHER ILLEGALLY ARRESTED PATRIOTIC

HSUEH PING'S TRIUMPHANT CHINESE BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.

THEY SAID THE THE HONG KONG

RETURN WAS A VICTORY WON BY COMPATRIOTS IN HONG KONG,

BACKED BY THE MOTHERLAND. BRITISH AUTHORITIES WERE VAINLY TRYING TO BLOCK THE VOICE OF TRUTH BUT WOULD SURELY EAT THEIR OWN BITTER FRUIT.

5.

ALL HONG KONG NCNA MEMBERS HELD MEETING ON 17 NOVEMBER TO WELCOME HSUEH PING, AT WHICH LIANG WEI-LIN, DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG NCNA, SAID THAT LO YU-HO, AN NCNA CORRESPONDENT, AND TWELVE OTHER JOURNALISTS HAD STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED, AND HUNDREDS OF PATRIOTS WERE STILL IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND DARK CELLS. THEY WERE INNOCENT AND MUST BE IMMEDIATELY

RELEASED.

MR. CRADOCK

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