CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 80
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
4 FEBRUARY 1970
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CONFIDENTIAL. ADDRESSED F C 0 TELNO 33 OF 4 FEBRUARY REPEATED
PEKING.
POLICE SUPERVISION ORDER.
WAS ARRESTED IN MAY 1967, CONVICTED OF UNLAWFUL
ASSEMBLY AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT. ON RELEASE
IN SEPTEMBER 1968 HE WAS PLACED ON POLICE SUPERVISION FOR A
PERIOD OF TWO YEARS IN LIEU OF DEPORTATION, BUT HE NEVER REPORTED.
HE IS ONE OF THE 16 MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF MY TELEGRAM
271) 638 OF 22 AUGUST 1969. HE WAS ARRESSTED ON 23 JANUARY 1970
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AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BREACH OF THE SUPERVISION ORDER.
OCCASION OF HIS ARREST WAS WHEN HE BROUGHT HIMSELF TO NOTICE
BY APPEARING IN THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN A RE-ENTRY
PERMIT FOR A VISIT TO CHIMA.
2. THE CASE HAS BEEN REMANDED TO 5 FEBRUARY AS HE HAS PLEADED
NOT GUILTY.
3. THE BARBER SHOP WORKERS' GENERAL UNION PRESENTED A LETTER
ADDRESSED TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY ON 2 FEBRUARY ASKING FOR HIS
EARLY RELEASE. IF THEY CALL BACK FOR A REPLY THEY WILL BE
TOLD THAT THE COLONIAL SECRETARY DOES NOT PROPOSE TO INTERVENE
IN A MATTER WHICH IS BEFORE THE COURTS.
( F C O PLS PASS ROUTINE TO PEKING)
SIR D. TRENCH
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