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AKK 380/7.
(HKK +380/7)
2 SEP 1977
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 739 OF 28 SEPTEMBER, 1977:
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL: CHRISTOPHER CLEMENTS.
1. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS RECEIVED A LONG LETTER FROM A MRS FREDA SMITH, WHO IS CLEARLY A FRIEND OF THE CLEMENTS FAMILY (AS WELL AS BEING ONE OF MR KEITH STAINTON MP'S CONSTITUENTS) AND WHOSE SON, A MERCHANT NAVY OFFICER, VISITED CLEMENTS IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST. MRS SMITH, AT TIMES QUOTING HER SON, MAKES THE FOLLOWING POINTS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CLEMENTS IS BEING HELD (AND WHICH SHE GENERALLY DESCRIBES AS ATROCIOUS'');
(A) CLEMENTS' HEALTH: MRS SMITH STATES THAT
CLEMENTS ''REQUIRES MEDICAL ATTENTION' FOR PRICKLY HEAT WHICH HAS TURNED INTO BOILS ALL OVER HIS
BODY. APPARENTLY HE HAS BEEN GIVEN SOME OINTMENT
WHICH IS QUITE ANTI-SOCIAL BECAUSE OF THE SMELL
AND THE OTHER PRISONERS WILL NOT SIT NEAR HIM
WHEN HE HAS USED IT... THE PRISON TIMETABLE HAS
NO EXERCISE PERIODS'',
(B) PRISON CONDITIONS: "THE PRISON IS TERRIBLE. THE CELLS ARE 5' BY 8' WITH NO FAN LET ALONG
AIR-CONDITIONING. ONE OF THE CHINESE
WARDERS SCREAMS AT HIM THROUGH THE BARS. THE CHINESE WARDERS HOLD BACK MOST OF THE MAGAZINES
BROUGHT FOR HIM BY THE PADRE FROM THE SEAMAN'S
MISSION. CLEMENTS HAS NO WORK TO DO AND IS
ALLOWED ONLY TEN CIGARETTES A DAY:
(C) VISITORS: THE WARDERS SAID CLEMENTS HAS
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''MANY FEMALE VISITORS' WHILE MRS SMITH'S SON
SAID THAT HIMSELF APART, ONLY MR AND MRS NICHOLLS AND THE PADRE VISIT HIM: AND
MAIL: HIS MAIL IS NOT GETTING THROUGH TO
HIN REGULARLY.
RESTRICTED
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/MRS.SMITH
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