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RECORD OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN SIR STANLEY TOMLINSON AND THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT 4 P.M. ON 14 OCTOBER 1970.

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Those present

Sir Stanley Tomlinson

Mr. R. B. Crowson

Mr. Ma Chia-chun

Mr. Chiang En-chu

Mr. L. V. Appleyard

Sir Stanley Tomlinson began by saying that he had

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asked Mr. Ma to come in order to give him a piece of information. The information was that the Hong Kong

Government had decided to release four prisoners on 16

October. (Sir Stanley handed over a list of the names of the four prisoners and the dates on which they were

originally due to be released). Sir Stanley said that

the prisoners were being released on the grounds of

ill-health. He had also been authorised to tell Mr. Ma

that certain other cases were under active consideration.

2. Sir Stanley said that this action by the Hong Kong

Government was welcome to the British Government. The

British Government hoped that it would be accepted by the Chinese Government as an important, positive step in the further improvement of relations. Mr. Ma would be

aware that since 1967 the overwhelming majority of

prisoners serving sentences for offences committed during

the disturbances had been released. With one exception

they were all granted full remission of one-third of

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