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HIS OWN TAPES WERE TAKEN AWAY AND HE WAS ASKED AND AGREED TO SIGN
AS ACCURATE A RECORD OF HIS INTERVIEW. HE PARTED ON GOOD TERMS WITH THE POLICE AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY DIFFICULTY ON MONDAY
WHEN HE GOES TO RECLAIM HIS PASSPORT AND RESIDENCE CERTIFICATE.
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IN THE LATE EVENING THE YANJING HOTEL INFORMED THE EMBASSY THAT MR PARRY'S LUGGAGE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE HOTEL AND THAT HE HAD CHECKED OUT. COATES AND DAVIES WERE NOT TOLD THIS BY HOTEL STAFF WHEN THEY VISITED THE HOTEL AT 11.30 AFTER ANOTHER FRUITLESS CALL ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE BEIJING MUNICIPAL POLICE.
5.
FIRST SECRETARY HAS CONFIRMED THAT MR PARRY LEFT PEKING AT 0750 ON CA101 TO HONG KONG. ACCORDING TO A FRENCH MEMBER OF THE PARTY MR PARRY WHO IS A DIABETIC, WAS LAST NIGHT FEELING UNWELL FROM THE EXCITEMENT AND IN NEED OF REST. WE HAVE WARNED POLAD OF THIS BY PHONE. HE WILL MAKE SURE MEDICAL HELP IS AVAILABLE, IF NECESSARY, FOR PARRY ON ARRIVAL.
COMMENT
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THE CHINESE MAY HAVE CONSIDERED THAT BY THEIR LIGHTS THE EUROPEAN VISITORS RECEIVED LENIENT TREATMENT. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JUDGE WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MR PARRY BUT THEY FAILED MISERABLY IN PROVIDING CONSULAR ASSISTANCE OR IN RECOGNISING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INCIDENT DESPITE AN EARLY WARNING OF POSSIBLE TROUBLE. THEIR HANDLING OF THE CASE IN EXPELLING THE OFFENDERS BEFORE PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION TO EMBASSIES IS SIMILAR
TO THE CASE OF THE 3 CANADIAN MPS.
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7 OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES ARE EQUALLY OUTRAGED AT THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THEIR NATIONALS. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR HAS IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY OF A JOINT DEMARCHE AT A HIGHER LEVEL. WE ARE NOT SO CONVINCED THAT WE SHOULD BE SO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH FRENCH AT A TIME WHEN THEIR TAIWAN INTERESTS ARE MAKING THE RELATION WITH CHINA INCREASINGLY FROSTY. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
MCLAREN
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