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ROUTINE MONG KONG
ELEGRAM NUMBER 562
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
14 JULY 1969
SECRET ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 562 OF 14 JULY R F I PEKING,
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(FEC 130/1 (177)
CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.
BOARD OF REVIEW HAS HOW CONSIDERED A FURTHER 34 PRISONERS AND HAS RECOMMENDED REDUCTION OF SENTENCE IN THE CASE OF ONE MALE,
2.
ON THE SAME CRITERIA AS BEFORE.
TANG WAS SENTENCED IN TWO SEPERATELY HEARD CASES TO 2 YEARS
IMPRISONMENT FOR UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND CONSECUTIVELY TO 4 YEARS
FOR RIOT. BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED LATTER SENTENCE (FORMER HAVING ALREADY WITH REMISSION BEEN SERVED) BE REDUCED TO 3 YEARS BRINGING HIS RELEASE DATE FORWARD, WITH REMISSION, TO 10TH DECEMBER, 1970.
3. 1 PROPOSE TO ACCEPT THIS RECOMMENDATION AFTER SIMILAR
PRELIMINARIES TO THOSE INDICATED IN PARA 2. OF MY TELEGRAM UNDER
REFERENCE.
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THEREAFTER, THE REDUCTION OF SENTENCE WILL BE CONFIRMED ON ENQUIRY BEING MADE RATHER THAN BY FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
PROPOSE HOWEVER TO PLAY THIS ONE A LITTLE SLOWLY AS THE UNOFFICIAL
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REVIEW ARE GETTING SOMEWHAT UPSET
AT THE EXTENT OF THE CRITICISM BEING DIRECTED AT THEM IN PRIVATE
CONVERSATION BY MANY WHO DO NOT APPROVE OF ANY LENTENCY
TOWARDS THIS CATEGORY OF PRISONER. TO DELAY INFORMING THIS PRISONER OF A DECISION FOR A WEEK OR TWO WILL BE NO GREAT HARDSHIP TO HUM SINCE HE IS STILL SOME WAY FROM RELEASE,
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