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PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO.14 TO PEKING OF 21 JANUARY

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ADDRESSED PEKING ... TEL NO. 14 OF 21ST JANUARY RFI FCO

184) YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 12. POLICE SUPERVISION ORDERS,

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IS THE ONLY DETAINEE TO HAVE DEEN FLACED UNDER

POLICE SUPERVISION CNY TELEGRAM NO, 7 REFERS) AND THIS COURSE

WAS TAKEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ISSUEING A NEW DETENTION ORDER

WHEN HIS OLD ONE EXPIRED ON 7 JANUARY: THIS MAN HAD BEEN

INVOLVED IN PLANS TO ASSASSIATD THE DIVISIONAL SUPERİYTENDENT

OP POLICE IN YUEN LONG AND TO BLOW UP A HELICOPTER SENI COLON

AND THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT HE MAY AGAIN BECOME A CENTRE

OF FRESH DISORDER AND A CAUSE OF FUEL 10 APPREHENSION IN THE

YUEN LONG AREA,

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OF THE CONFRONTATION PRISONERS, AS DISTICT FROM DETAINEES,

29 HAVE BEEN RELEASED ON POLICE SUPERVISION ORDERS. 10 OF THEN

HAVE BEEN REPORTING TO THE POLICE AS REQUIRED BY THEIR ORDERS,

THE REMAINING 19 HAVE FAILED TO REPORT BUT ONLY ONE HAS BEEN

ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO REPORT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH AN OFFENCE,

BUT ADMITTED TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL,

3. THE PURPOSE OF SUPERVISION ORDERS IS NOT TO FORCE THOSE

CONCERNED INTO COMMITING A NEW OPPENCE AHO THEN TO IMPRISON

THEM, BUT TO REDUCE THE DANGERS TO PUBLIC SECURITY FOLLOWING

THEIR RELEASE, EITHER THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE ORDER,

WHICH GIVES THE POLICE SOME CHANCE O CONTROLLING THEIR ACTIVITIES,

OR THEY WILL DECIDE NOT TO COME Y

WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFF

IMPLUSHCE IN THE NEU TEKNI TORICO,

BEEN FAIRLY EFFECTIVE,

THEY WILL, GO UNDERGROUND

OR TWCH TO RESUME THEIR

TIRAR USE IN THIS MAY HAS