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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 39
TO XONG KONG
17 JANUARY 1969 (HKK 1/2)
CONFIDENTI AL
FOLLOWING PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY ERIC HEFFER IS FOR WRITTEN REPLY ON 20TH JANUARY.
" TO ASK WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH 73 YEAR OLD MR LI CHUNGKUN AND 78 YEAR OLD MR MA CHING-LUNG WERE ARRESTED IN HONG KONG: WHAT WERE THE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST THEM AND THE LENGTHS OF THEIR SENTENCES: AND WHETHER IN VIEW OF THEIR AGE, HE WILL ARRANGE FOR A REMISSION TO PERMIT THEIR RELEASE,”’
2. GRATEFUL IF MATERIAL FOR REPLY MAY REACH US NOT LATER THAN 0900 HOURS ON MONDAY 20TH JANUARY. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IDENTIFY EITHER OF THESE PRISONERS WITH ANY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN THE LIST FORWARDED WITH MCLAREN'S LETTER TO CARTER OF 11 DECEMBER, 1968.
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