CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER CAT A
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
HONG KONG
TELNO
242
CONFIDENTIAL
21 MARCH 1969
170
DDRESSED FCC AS MYTEL DO. 242 OF 21ST MARCH RFI PEKING.
26
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31
· 2 5 MAR 1969
HKK 1/12
OUR TELEGRAM NO. 74%
DETAINEES.
PROVIDED THERE ARE NO UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MEANTIME
MT.
IT IS PROPOSED TO RELEASE NO. 29 LING WANG-YAN, HEADMASTER OF
THE SAI KUNG PUBLIC SCHOOL AND COMMUNIST ORGANISER IN THE SAI KUNG
AREA, ON 2 APRIL WHEN HIS PRESENT DETENTION ORDER EXPIRES SEMI COLON
TO RELEASE NO. 31
AND ORGANISER OF BOMBING AND COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN THE YUEN LONG
AREA, ON 3 MAY WHEN HIS PRESENT DETENTION ORDER EXPIRES SEMI COLON
AND NO. 34
ORGANISER OF BOMBING AND COMBAT ACTIVITIES
IN THE SAI KUNG AREA, ON 5 MAY WHEN HIS PRESENT DETENTION ORDER
EXPIRES.
2.
THAT WOULD LEAVE ONLY NO. 3
WHOSE PRESENT ORDER,
THE SECOND, EXPIRES ON 26 SEPTEMBER. I DO NOT THINK IT NECESSARY
TO KEEP HIM IN DETENTION MUCH LONGER AND IT IS PROPOSED TO RELEASE
HIM ON 12 MAY.
3. ALL FOUR WOULD BE RELEASED WITH POLICE SUPERVISION ORDERS
EFFECTIVE FOR SIX MONTHS.
4. AFTER A BRIEF INTERVAL TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THESE RELEASES,
IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DISCONTINUE EMERGENCY REGULATION 31
UNDER WHICH THESE DETENTION ORDERS ARE ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH
ASSOSIATED REGULATIONS, ABOUT MID-JUNE.
ABOUT MID-JUNE. THE REGULATIONS WOULD
REMAIN ON THE STATUTE BOOK, BUT WOULD NOT THEREAFTER BE IN FORCE.
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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