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CE RELEASED ON 3 OCTOBER AND FOR CO-OPERATION OVER HIS TRAVEL

FROM CHINA, YUAN SAID THAT THE CHINESE POSITION WAS THAT WITH

THE RELEASE OF ALL THE NEWSWORKERS GREY'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

WOULD BE RESTORED TO THE STATE PRIOR TO 21 JULY 1967. GREY'S

DEPARTURE WOULD THEN BE HIS OWN BUSINESS.

WHATEVER HE WISHED TO DO HE COULD RAISE THROUGH NORMAL

CHANNELS AND IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE NORMAL WAY.

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3. I POINTED OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERING SAFEGUARDING

THE INTERESTS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AND STRESSED OUR HOPE THAT

THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE HELPFUL OVER GREY'S DEPARTURE

WHICH WE WISHED TO SEE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY. YUAN REPLIED

THAT HIS GOVERNMENT SHARED THIS WISH AND THAT WITH THE

RELEASE OF THE NEWSWORKERS HE SAW NO REASON WHY ALL MATTERS

CONNECTED WITH GREY COULD NOT BE SOLVED EASILY.

ALLAN.

BT

GRS 176/2

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