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CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 522

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CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

7 AUGUST 1978

CONFIDENTIAL

ADDRESSED FCO TELNO 522 OF 7 AUGUST AND SAVING TO PEKING

CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.

REMISSION.

PRISONERS HAVE NORMALLY BEEN AWARDED ONE THIRD REMISSION.

IN A VERY FEW CASES SHORT PERIODS MAY HAVE BEEN FORFEITED

FOR OFFENCES AGAINST PRISON DISCIPLINE. WE WILL SEND EXACT

FIGURES IN A FEW DAYS.

SIR D. TRENCH

FILES

HONG KONG DEFT

FAR EAST, DEFT

NEWS DEPDM

INF. RESEARCH DEPT

SIR L. MONSON

14.7

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

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CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 1/12!

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Peking

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