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PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 212

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

14 MARCH 1969

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: ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 212 OF 10 MARCH R F I PEKING.

PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY.

184

MY TELEGRAM 131, PARA. 2: GREY,

THE

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NEVSWORKER

HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THE CASE OF

NOT QUE FOR RELEASE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1971 CWITH REMISSION),

AND IN THE COURSE OF SO DOING HAVE DEEN CONSIDERING A REPORT

ON HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND, ETC., PREPARED WITH A VIEW TO SEEING

WHETHER THERE WERE ANY OSTENSIBLY NORMAL GROUNDS CE.G, COMPASSIONATE

GROUNDS) ON WHICH THE PREROGATIVE COULD BE USED IN HIS, FAVOUR.

2. I AM AFRAID THERE ARE TOME WHATSOEVER. HOWEVER, IN THE COURSE

OF THIS EXAMINATION I WAS REMINDED "THAT HIS TWO CONCURRENT

FIVE YEAR SENTENCES WERE FOR CA) UTTERING AN INFLAMMATORY SPEECH

AND (B) TAKING PART IN AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY: WHEREAS ON THE

THREE CHARGES HORE DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH HIS STABBING AND

WOUNDING OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS, HE WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS

IMPRISONNENT ONLY (THREE CONCURRENT SENTENCES). THE CIRCULISTANCE

THAT HE RECEIVED THE LONGER SENTENCES ON WAT SUPERFICIALLY

WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE MINOR CHARGES IS NO DOUBT EXPLAINED BY

THE FACT THAT HE WAS THE CLEAR RINGLEADER OF A VERY VIOLENIT

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DEMONSTRATION.

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