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CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 183

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

TOP COPY

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE-

21 MARCH 1972

YOUR TELEGRAM 159: CONFRONTATION PRISONERS.

THERE REMAIN IN PRISON 115 MEN AND WOMEN WHO MAY BE SAID TO BE

'CONFRONTATION PRISONERS'. ALL OF THESE WERE ORIGINALLY SENTENCED

TO FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT OR MORE.

YEARS

2. SOME OF THE PRISONERS WERE SENTENCED FOR OFFENCES INVOLVING

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TWO OR MORE OF YOUR CATEGORIES.

IN THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS

THEY HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE 'CATEGORY OF OFFENCE FOR WHICH THEY

RECEIVED THE LONGEST SENTENCE:-

(A) VIOLENCE 5.

(B) POSSESSION OF OFFENSIVE WEAPONS (EITHER PERSONAL POSSESSION

OR BEING ON PREMISES WHERE SUCH WEAPONS WERE FOUND). 87.

(C) POSSESSION OR USE OF EXPLOSIVES.

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(D) NON-VIOLENT OFFENCES

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51

HKK 1/12

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/ TOTAL 115.

PA.

31.5.70

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