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NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS
Acorn House, 314/320 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1 Telephone: 01-278 7916
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William Rodgers, Esq., MP,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
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Dear Mr. Rodgers,
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In Mr. Braney's absence in Ireland, I am acknowledging your letter of
29th April regarding Mr. Anthony Grey.
Mr. Bradley will, of course, see your letter on his return to
the office.
Yours sincerely,
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General Secretary: H. J. Bradley
Deputy General Secretary: T. D. Lucy
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William Rodgers, Esq., MP,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
Downing Street,
LONDON.
5.W.L.
Dear Kr. Rodgers,
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Ly Council was grateful for your letter of 11th April regarding efforts
to obtain access to Mr. Grey as a prelude to his release. indeed seen
from the news this week that your representations have had some offect
for we note that Sir Donald Hopson has been able to visit Kr. Grey.
You will recall that when we discussed this matter with Mr. Brown and
yourself the possibility was raised of the Union making some direct
representations to try and speed his release. We agreed not to do
anything without consultation with the Foreign Office. Do you now think
that there is anything we could usefully do?
I am some to add to your problems, though I imagine you are also aware
of what I am now about to write. This concerns Mr. Eric Gordon, a member
of ours, who has been missing in China for nearly six months.
Mr. Gordon, who is a British subject (I think of Jewish origin), aged 36
or 37, went to China with his wife, Mrs. Karie Gordon, a British subject
of a Ghanese father and English mother, and their son Kim Gordon, aged
12. According to our information the family left Peking on 5th November
1967 for England and have not been heard of since. There is a rumour
that they are being "detained" while Mr. Gordon's very extensive notes
for a book which he intended writing on the Cultural Revolution in
China, are being exhaustively examined. Whether this is so or not I, of
course, have no idea.
I would be grateful for anything the Foreign Office can do to locate the
whereabouts of the Gordon family. You will readily understand that the
disappearance of a member of ours must be a matter of concern.
Yours sincerely,
Jl. J. Bradley.
General Secretary.
General Secretary: H. J. Bradley Assistant General Secretary: T. D. Lucy
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MR. JAMES MURRAY
Mr. Anthony Grey
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Mr. Jim Bradley, the General Secretary of the National Union of
Journalists, telephoned this morning. He said that when he and a
deputation from the N.U.J. had met Mr. Brown and Mr. Rodgers on 21
February, they had discussed Anthony Grey's detention in China and Mr.
Brown had said he would write to Mr. Bradley in three weeks or a month's
time about the case. Mr. Bradley said that as Mr. Brown was no longer
Foreign Secretary and five weeks had elapsed since the meeting and he
had heard nothing, he proposed to write to Mr. Rodgers and we could
expect a letter in the next day or so.
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You will by new have heard that Sir Donald Hopasn was allowed to visit
Tony Grey in his house in Peking on the afternoon of 23 April. Sir
Donald called on Teny with one ether officer from sur Mission . Tony had
been given only half an hour's notice of the visit and was clearly very
glad to see his visiters. 16 have had a long asconat of the visit from
Bir Donald and I am sure you would like to have details.
Bir Donald reports that there has been no shange in Tony's physical
appearance and that he looks quite well. Toxy hisself said he was in
good health and had had only one stomach disorder in the first three
months af his confinement to the house and fer this he had received
medical attention,
Sir Donald brought Teny up-to-date on the offerts which had been made to
see him and to obtain his release, and told kin what was going on in
Peking, Hong Kong and classboro,
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Tony does not have a radio and was starved He did not know, for example,
of the burning of
of paus.
our affios last August.
Tony said he was confined to one room on the ground floor of his house.
His food is normal, although It may not have been in the first few
months. He still has the servises of his domestic staff and he is
permitted to taka szaraiss twice daily in his courtyard for ferty
minutes each time. He does not have free ascess to kis belongings
upstairs but he has persuaded the guards, af which there are three, to
bring down a few books from upstair: He also reocived a parsel from the
Hission in Desember which included books. Tony roeɛáves the weekly
Peking Review put out by the Chinese Government in English and has also
purchased other English books published in China.
Kion Shirley Scdui
57, Terk Street,
London,
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I am glad to report that Tony has been receiving regularly the letters
which you sent him over the past three months
He has also had letters from his mother and from friends in Peking. Es
has sent out the eccasional telegram bat has not yet tried sending
letters out. Bir Donald encouraged him to give it a try.
His guarda
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Tony's telephone is still disconnected and the sense of isolation is
clearly very oppressive. will not converse with hia in English. has not
been visited by any othɛp Chinese officials siner the detention began.
In these circumstanous it is ramarkable and encouraging that he has beca
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Mr. P. T. Hayman
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You will by now have heard that Sir Donald
Hopson was allowed to visit Tony Grey in his
house in Peking on the afternoon of 23 April.
Sir Donald called on Tony with one other officer
from our Mission. Tony had been given only half
an hour's notice of the visit and was clearly
very glad to see his visitors. We have had a
long account of the visit from Sir Donald and I am sure you would like
to have details.
Sir Donald reports that there has been no
change in Tony's physical appearance and that
he looks quite well. Tony himself said he was
in good health and had had only one stomach
disorder in the first three months of his con-
finement to the house and for this he had
received medical attention.
Sir Donald brought Tony up-to-date on the
efforts which had been made to see him and to
obtain his release, and told him what was going
on in Peking, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Tony
does not have a radio and was starved of news.
He did not know, for example, of the burning of
our office last August.
Tony said he was confined to one room on
the ground floor of his house. His food is
normal, although it may not have been in the
first few months. He still has the services
of his domestic staff and he is permitted to
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take exercise twice daily in his courtyard for
forty minutes each time. He does not have free
access to his belongings upstairs but he has
persuaded the guards, of which there are three,
to bring down a few books from upstairs. He
also received a parcel from the Mission in
December which included books. Tony receives
the weekly Peking Review put out by the Chinese
Government in English and has also purchased
other English books published in China.
I am glad to report that Tony has been
receiving regularly the letters which you sent
him over the past three months. He has also had
letters from his mother and from friends in
Peking. He has sent out the occasional telegram
but has not yet tried sending letters out.
Donald encouraged him to give it a try.
Sir
Tony'a telephone is still disconnected and
the sense of isolation is clearly very oppres-
eive. His guards will not converse with him in English. He says that he
has not been visited
by any other Chinese officials since the deten-
tion began. In these circumstances it ie
remarkable and encouraging that he has been
able to bear up so well. We shall of course be
continuing to do all we can to improve his
conditions and to get him out.
out.
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Mr. Hayman
Mr. Anthony Grey
F413/13
You will recall that Miss Shirley McGuinn, friend of Mr. Anthony Grey,
the Reuter correspondent detained in Peking, wrote to you about him last
September.
2. We have now had a long account from Sir Donald Hopson of his visit to
Mr. Grey on 23 April (attached).
3. Miss McGuinn has clearly been a devoted friend, and it might be a
nice gesture if you were to write to her now.
4.
5.
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Reuters should already have spoken to Miss McGuinn on the telephone.
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