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Sir S. Tomlinson
Sir E. Peck
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EXAMINED AT 1.8.
SHMATTRE
1.8.3....
WOMAN
Your telegram No. 658 of 20 August: Arrest of
communist trade union official.
It is unfortunate that this affair should have come
to a head just now. We had been-hoping that things
might pass off quietly and uncontroversially in Hong
Kong until the time comes in October for the Chinese to
fulfil their undertaking over Grey.
2.
At the stage which the case of Ng Yee has reached,
we presume that there is now no alternative to letting
Is them овятся нал the law take its course. When are the verdict and
might be delapse until after mid. Octoter sentence to be expected?
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3. We fully understand that persons still wanted for
serious offences committed during the troubles of 1967
must inevitably present you with a problem. In the
interests of ensuring a proper respect for the law in
the colony, it is admittedly undesirable to let offenders go unpunished particularly if it were to
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