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1. HONG KONG SEEM TO BE UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION ABOUT THE ROLE AND CHARACTER OF NCRC. THE NCRC IS A SWINSS ORGANISATION (ALTHOUGH ITS INTERNATIONAL ROLE IS ENSHRINED IN THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS) AND HITS DELEGATES ARE ALL SWISS NATIONALS. MOREOVER IT IS ENTIRELY DISTINCT, FROM NATIONAL RED CROSS SOCIETIES: AND WE CAN SEE NO REASON WHY AN HCRC REGIONAL DELEGATION SHOULD BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN HITS WORK MAN HONG KONG WITH EINTHER SOVIET BLOG OR MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL SOCKETHES. NOR WOULD WIT: BE AT ALL HIN CHARACTER FOR THE MCRC TO *AGITATE** DIN HONG KONG OVER POLITICAL DETAINEES IN CHINA OR ANYTHING ELSE: THEY USUALLY OPERATE WITH GREAT DISCRETION.

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