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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 668

22 AUGUST 1969

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ADDRESSED FCO TELEGRAM 668 OF 22 AUGUST RFI PEKING.

MY TELEGRAM 14 TO PEKING OF 21 JANUARY: POLICE SUPERVISION ORDERS. IN MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE I EXPLAINED THAT ON 21 JANUARY THERE WERE 29 CONFRONTATION PRISONERS WHO HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON ON POLICE SUPERVISION ORDERS AND ONE DETAINEE. FOLLOWING IS CURRENT POSITION, FOR INFORMATION.

2. OF THE 29 CONFRONTATION PRISONERS, 12 ARE NOW REPORTING TO THE POLICE AS REQUIRED. THEY INCLUDE TWO WHO WERE RE-ARRESTED SINCE 21 JANUARY, IMPRISONED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER, HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED AND ARE NOW REPORTING REGULARLY. THE ONE MANMENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE WHO HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL IS STILL UNDERGOING PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT. THE REMAINING 16 ARE BELIEVED TO BE IN HIDING IN COMMUNIST PREMISES AND ARE NOT REPORTING.

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3. ONE FURTHER CONFRONTATION PRISONER,

WAS RELEASED

FROM PRISON ON 20 AUGUST SUBJECT TO A POLICE SUPERVISION ORDER EFFECTIVE FOR TWO YEARS FROM THAT DATE. THE DECISION TO IMPOSE A POLICE SUPERVISION ORDER ON HIM, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, ARISES FROM THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE SENTENCING MAGISTRATE IN AUGUST 1967 WHO RECOMMENDED THAT CONSIDERATION'

BE GIVEN TO HIS DEPORTATION ON COMPLETION OF SENTENCE, AS DEPORTATION IS IMPRACTICABLE A POLICE SUPERVISION ORDER HAS BEEN MADE INSTEAD. CHAN IS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNIST RUBBER AND PLASTIC WORKERS GENERAL UNION. HE WAS SENTENCED IN AUGUST 1967 TO A TOTAL OF THREE

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