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4. THE QUOTE TIMES UNQUOTE INCLUDES FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH :

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS A SURPRISE, OFFICIALS HAVE CONSISTENTLY RULED OUT ANY MOVE OF THIS SORT BEFORE PEKING HAD GIVEN SOME CLEAR INDICATION THAT IT WOULD RECIPROCATE. THE DECISION HAS STARTED FRESH SPECULATION THAT THE AUTHORITIES MAY HAVE BEEN HOLDING PRIVATE TALKS WITH COMMUNIST REPRESENTATIVES OR THAT THE BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING HAS AT LAST HAD SOME RESPONSE TO ITS REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS

ON MR. GREY'S BEHALF.

5. REACTIONS OF MRS. GREY, WHO WILL BE WITH A DELEGATION DUE TO I SEE MR. FOLEY ON MONDAY 12 MAY (IN ORDER TO PRESENT A PETITION,

SIGNED BY 53 OF MR. GREY'S RELATIVES, ASKING FOR THE RELEASE OF THE

NEWSWORKERS) ARE VARIOUSLY REPORTED : OF THE NEWS THAT HER SON MIGHT

BE FREED SOON :

QUOTE 1 SHALL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE HIM. MY HOPES HAVE BEEN RAISED

SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. THEY SAID HE WOULD BE RELEASED AT CHRISTMAS AND HE WAS NOT UNQUOTE (QUOTE THE TIMES UNQUOTE).

QUOTE IT SOUNDS HOPEFUL, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS THE NAGGING WORRY THAT THEY MIGHT NOT RELEASE HIM AND WANT SOMETHING MORE UNQUOTE (QUOTE DAILY EXPRESS UNQUOTE)

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