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Your telegram No. 476 [Detained Journalist].
The story appears to have emanated from an anonymous telephone call by a
European yesterday, 14 March, to our Marine Department. The Department
are now making enquiries to see if there is any confirmatory evidence.
All that they have discovered as yet is that (contrary to the normal
practice) no Chief steward was named on the crew list when the shir
berthed here.
2. The ship is en route to Singapore where it might be possible to make
further enquiries.
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We have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by telephone and Note for
information and for Consular access if the person named is in fact
detained. No reply so far.
2. We have also tried to contact Polish Embassy here but they seen
reluctant to discuss the subject.
Foreign Office pass Hong Kong 149, H.C. Singapore 74.
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ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 476 OF 14 MARCH REPEATED FOR
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DAILY TELEGRAPH HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM ROBERTSON, THEIR HONG KONG
CORRESPONDENT, THAT NORMAN BARRYMAINE, A BRITISH SUBJECT AND FREELANCE
JOURNALIST NORMALLY RESIDENT IN SINGAPORE, HAS BEEN DETAINED IN
SHANGHAI, IT IS THOUGHT FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS. HE WAS A PASSENGER
ABOARD THE POLISH SHIP ''HANOI'', WHOSE CHIEF STEWARD WAS ALSO DETAINED.
VESSEL ARRIVED HONG KONG FROM SHANGHAI 11 MARCH AND LEFT FOLLOWING DAY.
MASTER
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Mr. Norman Barrymaine
According to the Daily Telegraph, Mr. Barrymaine is
a British subject who travels on a British Passport.
He is
a freelance journalist resident in Singapore. He has been
doing work for the Sunday Telegraph and for the Telegraph
Weekend Magazine, and the current edition of the latter carries
(describing an apparently the second part of a two-part article on China
by him
Mr. Barrymaine has also recently been asked to write for the
Daily Telegraph and proposed to the Telegraph that he should
travel on the "Hanoi" to a North Korean port to gather material
on the "Pueblo" story.
2. News Department knew Mr. Barrymaine many years ago when he
was diplomatic correspondent of the Evening Standard. Mr. Bourgoin,
who was a member of News Department at the time, recalls that he
was always a doubtful character and something of a rogue.
Mr. Barrymaine worked some years ago in a temporary capacity in
Information Research Department and simultaneously for Time
Magazine (we believe with the approval of IRD). While we cannot
be sure about this, Mr. Bourgoin recalls being told that when
Kr. Barrymai ne left the U.K. some years ago he wrote an article
to the effect that he had "spied for the Russians". Kr. Bourgoin
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also recalls that during his time in IRD Mr. Barrymaine
was responsible for a damaging "leak" to Reuters, the exact
nature of which I do not at this stage know.
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We have just received a report from the Daily Telegraph
that they have heard from their correspondent in Hong Kong
that another British subject has been detained in Shanghai.
The report from Hong Kong, the accuracy, of which we cannot
a free-lance journalist yet judge, says that Mr. Norman Barrymaine was
arrested and
detained in Shanghai for taking photographa. He was a
passenger on the Polish vessel "Hanoi" which he boarded in
Japan.
2. We have informed Sir Donald Hopson of the report and have
asked Hong Kong to check it. If the source of the information
is reliable we shall ask Sir Donald to make enquiries about
the case from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
3.
The story is likely to appear in tomorrow's Daily
Telegraph.
Kuney.
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