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MP'S LETTER: HONG KONG : MS VERTUCCI
Problem
1.
Whether the Lord Privy Seal should agree to see
Mr Robert Parry MP and an unspecified number of colleagues
concerning Ms Vertucci who is not being allowed to remain
and work in Hong Kong.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Lord Privy Seal see the MPs and
reply on the lines of the attached draft.
Background and Argument
3.
Ms Vertucci is an American journalist who has worked in
Hong Kong for 4 years. The Lord Privy Seal is aware of the case.
4.
Mr Parry wrote to the Lord Privy Seal on 11 February
asking the Lord Privy Seal to see him and an unspecified number
of colleagues.
I understand that 5.15 pm on 18 February in the
House of Commons has been put aside for this.
5.
Mr Parry also asked that Ms Vertucci should not be
repatriated before this meeting. Ms Vertucci is at present
allowed to remain until 19 February, not 24 February as Mr Parry
asserts. It is however most unlikely that she will be required
to leave on 20 February.
voluntarily.
6.
It is the intention to get her to leave
We have in the meantime reported this development
to Hong Kong and asked for a report on the present situation.
I will submit a brief for the meeting later this week,
recommending that the Lord Privy Seal does not agree to any
intervention with the Hong Kong Government on this issue.
15 February 1982
Bly
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
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