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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 2249
UNFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
9 DECEMBER 1968
ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM NO. 2249 OF 9TH DECEMBER REPEATED PEKING.
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DETAINEES,
NUMBER 38, WAS ADMITTED TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL
ON 13TH NOVEMBER SUFFERING FROM INFECTIOUS HEPATITUS. RECENT
PROGNOSIS IS UNSATISFACTORY AND THERE IS A 30 PER CENT POSSIBILITY
THAT HE MAY DIE. HE HAS OF COURSE RECEIVED AS GOOD TREATMENT AS
ORDINARY PATIENTS AND IS IN FACT UNDER THE PERSONAL CARE OF
PROFESSOR MCFADZEAN A DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. HE HAS
CONSTANT VISITS FROM HIS WIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORMAL HOSPITAL
ROUTINE.
2, AS HE CAN BE NO LONGER CONSIDERED A SECURITY RISK HIS DETENTION
ORDER WILL BE CANCELLED TOMORROW TUESDAY. HE WILL BE OFFERED
CONTINUED FREE TREATMENT OF EXCELLENT STANDARD AT QUEEN MARY
HOSPITAL UNDER MCFADZEAN, BUT HE MAY REFUSE IT AND LEAVE THE HOSPITAL
WE SHALL IN THAT CASE ASK HIM TO SIGN A CERTIFICATE TO THE EFFECT
THAT HE IS LEAVING AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE. HE WILL PROBABLY REFUSE,
BUT THE OFFER WILL BE MADE BEFORE WITNESSES. IF HE LEAVES HE MAY
RECEIVE TREATMENT OUTSIDE SEMICOLON BUT WITHOUT MEDICAL TREATMENT
HE WILL NOT SURVIVE.
CONFIDENT IAL
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31 10 DEC 1968
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