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THE GREY AND BROOKE CASES:
MR. LONGIS COMPLAINT
In a letter to the Secretary of State, Mr. Gerald Long,
General Manager of Reuters, täkes the view that the
announcement in the House of Commons on 24 July concerning
the agreement made with the Russians for the release of
Mr. Gorald Brooke invalidates the arguments we have offered
in recent months for refusing to release in Hong Kong the
eleven imprisoned newsworkers linked by the Chinese with
Mr. Grey.
RECOMMENDATION
2. I recommend the despatch of a reply in the terms of
the attached draft. Hong Kong Department and East European
end Soviet Department agree.
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
3. Mr. Long has in recent months argued that to securo
Mr. Grey's release we should immediately pay the Chinese
price and prematurely release the eleven newaworkers in Hong
Kong. His views are set out in letters which he wrote on
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17 and 24 February to the Secretary of State, who replied
on 28 February. Ho spoke similarly to the Secretary of
State on 1 April (paragraphs 2 and 8 of my submission of
3 April). However, following on two developmento in May,
the reduction in Wong Chok's sentence which meant that all
the eleven newsworkers would be out of prison by early
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.5 -5 AUG 1960
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