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We should not get a prior guarantee from the Chinese
that this would spring "r. Grey.
In the absence of a prior guarantee the Governor of
Hong song would be most reluctant to release them.
We should have great difficulty
choosing among general outegories of prisonero
greater even than
in
choosing from among the news workers those to be
released earlier then others.
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If action on these lines did not work we should be in
the worst possible position of having made a consider-
able, yet insufficient, concession and schiaved
nothing.
(e) The Chinese would still be in a position to
position to argue that
we were holding on to a reeiiue of their news workers.
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We
(1) Mr. Cradock's (a): "Delease would secure Grey's freedom.
Je may now be sure of that." This is an over-statement:
believe th t it aight well secure fr. Üzey's freedos but we are
in no position to give a guarantee to Binistero, Failure to
release the newu workore certainly means continued detention of
Mr. Grey for the time being; the riske to his health may be
considerable and we must always bear this factor in sind, but
his Christzas telegrams indicated some improvement in both health
and morals.
(11) Ar. Cradock's (b):
This would be a major contribution
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