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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 32 OF 2 AUGUST 1974.

MY TELEGRAM NO 31: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

1.

THE HONG KONG STANDARD STORY SEEMS IN ANY CASE INHERENTLY

UNLIKELY. IF YOU NEED ARGUMENT TO REFUTE IT YOU COULD POINT

OUT THAT, SINCE THE PARTY RETURNED FROM COM SON:

A. WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE RELEASED AND THOSE PROVISIONALLY RELEASED, WHICH HARDLY SUGGESTS THAT ANY OF THEM

WERE DEAD: AND

B.

WE HAVE HAD A STATEMENT FROM THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT ALL WILL BE TRIED ACCORDING TO THE LAW, WHICH WOULD BE HIGHLY

DISHONEST IF SOME HAD ALREADY BEEN DESPATCHED TO THE FRONT.

2. SINCE A TRIAL OR TRIALS ARE FORECAST, AT WHICH THE ACCUSED

WILL HAVE TO BE PRODUCED, IT WOULD BE DANGEROUSLY COUNTER-

PRODUCTIVE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TRY TO CONCEAL FACTS AS

ALLEGED BY THE STANDARD.

BUSHELL

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