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F. HONG KONG PEOPLE IN PEKING
(HONG KONG CHINESE PRO DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST DETAINED
BY POLICE AT PEKING AIRPORT AFTER BOARDING PLANE FOR HONG KONG)
19.
Our Embassy in Peking have made great efforts to trace Have established that he is in a hotel in Peking, apparently
They are urgently trying to find out
to find out more details.
unharmed.
We are following the case closely. Prime Minister has been
informed.
20. EMBASSY NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP HONG KONG PEOPLE IN PEKING
Embassy doing everything possible to look after and advise Hong
Kong people stranded in Peking. Have been keeping in close touch with Hong Kong Government.
Hong Kong people have received exactly the same advice from the
Embassy as any other British national. But under present circumstances there are severe restraints on Embassy's ability to
assist.
21. WAS A HONG KONG TV CREW TURNED AWAY BY EMBASSY IN PEKING?
Advice given to all people in Beijing hotel after night of 3
June ws that they should stay there for own safety.
Some Hong Kong journalists suggested transport be sent to
collect them. At time of request, that was impossible. Embassy subject to same constraints under martial law as everyone else. Embassy vehicles do not have safe passage.
TV crew would have been advised to stay put. Would not have been told that Embassy would not accept them into Embassy.
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