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MDHIAN 7809
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 060930Z PEKING
TELNO 90
OF 0609OOZ JUNE 89
INFO DESKBY 06093OZ FCO
HKB 020/14
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PEKING TELNO 100 AND TELECONS PA'S OFFICE/EMBASSY: LEE CHEUK YAN
A FURTHER DELEGATION OF LEGCO MEMBERS CALLED ON ME ON THE AFTERNOON OF 6 JUNE. THEY SAID THAT ALBERT HO, A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE, HAD HAD INFORMATION FROM LU PING THAT LEE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE PEKING AND WOULD BE PROSECUTED. THEY ALSO
CLAIMED THAT IN EARLIER TELEPHONE CONTACTS LEE HAD SAID THAT HE HAD
NOT BEEN CONTACED BY THE EMBASSY. ONE OF LEE'S CONTACTS IN AMERICA
HAD ALSO APPARENTLY CLAIMED THAT A MEMBER OF THE EMBASSY STAFF HAD
TOLD HIM THAT LEE WOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR PUTTING UP BIG CHARACTER
POSTERS.
2.
I DEALTH WITH THESE CLAIMS WHICH WERE CLEARLY TOTAL MISUNDER- STANDINGS. I DREW ON TUR TO SHOW THAT THE EMBASSY HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH LEE ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SUBSEQUENTLY HAD DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HOLD OF HIM.
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I WAS THEN ABLE TO RELAY TO THE LEGCO MEMBERS A MESSAGE FROM NCNA. QIAO ZONGHUAI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH LU PING. LU PING HAD CONTACTED LEE, AND HAD REPORTED THE MATTER TO THE STATE COUNCIL AND HAD CONTACTED THE PEKING MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU. ACCORDING TO LU PING, LEE WAS ''FREE HE WOULD RETURN TO HONG KONG WITHIN ONE OR TWO DAYS. THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU WERE NOW INVESTIGATING CERTAIN QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE INCIDENT.
4.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING THE EMBASSY CAN DO TO HELP ENSURE A SATISFACTORY OUTCOME OF THIS DIFFICULT CASE. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF THEY COULD CONTACT LEE BY TELEPHONE IN ROOM 1118 OF THE PALACE HOTEL. IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET SOMEONE TO THE HOTEL TO SEE HIM IN PERSON THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER. I UNDERSTAND ALL THE PROBLEMS BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET A BUSINESSMAN OR OTHER PERSON BASED NEAR THE PALACE HOTEL TO GO INSTEAD.
5. I SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL IF PRESSURE COULD BE KEPT UP ON THE MFA AND THE HKMO OF THE STATE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT LEE DOES INDEED
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