CYPHER/CAT.A
IMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO.11
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
5 JANUARY, 1970
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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO.11 OF 5 JANUARY. REPEATED FOR INFOR
NATION (PRIORITY) TO HONG KONG.
H.I.P..
THE INTERVIEW WAS IN THE LOWEST KEY POSSIBLE CONSIDERING
THE SUBJECT UNDER DISCUSSION. THE CHINESE COULD SCARCELY HAVE
SAID LESS AND T'ANG DELIBERATELY REFRAINED FROM MAKING A NUMBER
OF OBVIOUS POINTS WHICH COULD HAVE RAISED THE TEMPERATURE. YOU
WILL NOTE THAT THE CHINESE ASKED AND NOT DEMANDED THAT WE SHOULD
TAKE CERTAIN MEASURES AND THE ACCUSATIONS OF ILL-TREATMENT WERE
IN VERY GENERAL TERMS. I DO NOT THEREFORE THINK THAT THE CHINESE
WISH TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF THE CASE.
2. I CONSIDERED THAT THE BEST WAY OF BRINGING THE INTERVIEW TO
A FAIRLY RAPID CLOSE WAS TO UNDERTAKE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFOR-
MATION LATER. I SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD
LET ME HAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT OF WHAT
HAPPENED, INCLUDING THE RESULTS OF THE INQUEST. I MIGHT THEN SEND
A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION TO T'ANG WHEN AVAILABLE AND COPIES OF THE
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN DUE COURSE.
3.
FOR MY OWN INFORMATION I SHOULD ALSO BE GLAD TO KNOW :
(A) THE PROCEDURE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED AFTER THE DEATH, E.G.
WHO WAS INFORMED AND WHEN
(B) THE TREATMENT, IF ANY, WHICH THE CASE IS RECEIVING IN THE
LEFT VING PRESS.
MR. DENSON
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
FAR EASTERN DEPT.
P.U.S.D.
T.R.D.
NEWS DEPT.
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