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REPORTED DETENTION OF MR BOB PARRY MP
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1 AT AROUND 0800Z WE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM A BRITISH JOURNALIST IN PEKING THAT A GROUP OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS HAD BEEN DETAINED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN TIANANMEN SQUARE AFTER UNFURLING › A BANNER CALLING FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREE TRADE UNIONS. CHINESE POLICE AND THE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE ASKED THEM TO LEAVE THE SQUARE WHEREUPON THEY SAT DOWN. THE POLICE THEN MOTIONED THE GROUP TO
ENTER A POLICE BUS WHICH THEY DID AFTER A LITTLE 'MILD PUSHING AND SHOVING' ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL BBC CORRESPONDENT JAMES MILES WHO IS APPARENTLY ACTING AS INTERPRETER BETWEEN DETAINED REPRESENTATIVES AND THE POLICE (INSIDE THE POLICE STATION IN THE
FORBIDDEN CITY).
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MOST CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE ALREADY GONE HOME FOR THE MAY DAY HOLIDAY. THE DUTY OFFICER FOR CONSULAR DEPARTMENT IN THE MFA, HIS COLLEAGUE IN PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU ALL CLAIMED TO BE UNAWARE OF THE INCIDENT. WE HAVE ALSO CONTACTED WED WHO ARE EQUALLY UNSIGHTED.
So what did the Embassy say?
3. THE GERMAN EMBASSY HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR REPORTS. AT LEAST ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAXONY IS DETAINED TOGETHER WITH 3 REPORTERS OF THE ARD TV NETWORK. A SWISS REPRESENTATIVE FROM GENEVA AND SOME FRENCH NATIONALS MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN DETAINED. THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IS AN INTEREST IN THE RIGHT TO FORM FREE TRADE UNIONS. THE GROUP APPARENTLY TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO CALL ON THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE EARLIER TODAY.
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WE ARE CONTINUING OUR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE FACTS AND TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MR PARRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WERE NOT/NOT AWARE OF HIS VISIT HERE.
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