in court and lodged four demands:
(a) That he be released immediately.
(b) Compensation and admission of guilt by Hong Kong
authorities.
(c) Guarantee of no recurrence,
(d) Punishment of thugs.
Report says that Hong Kong authorities are preparing to try other
arrested reporters on 20 July.
2.
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 902 of 17 July. Repeated for
information to: Hong Kong, POLAD Singapore, Washington.
My telegram No. 888.
At about 1130 a crowd of demonstrators from NCNA and the major Peking
newspapers collected outside this office and began shouting "British
Charge come out".
2.
I sent Blishen and Appleyard to the front gate where several protests
were read out and handed to them. The police cordon was rather larger
than last time and succeeded in keeping the crowd back. The protests
concerned the reported arrest of two NCNA correspondents and "five other
Chinese correspondente of patriotic papers" on 15 July. As usual the
protest demanded apologies, compensation and a guarantee of the normal
facilities for the NCNA, punishment of these responsible and assurances
that similar incidents would not occur again.
3. The demonstrations were escalated to some extent compared with those
on 13 July in that the demonstrators threw tomatoes and scored a few
hits on Blishen and Appleyard,
One, | however, struck a revolutionary interpreter a resounding blow
on the hoad.
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My telegrams Nos.404 and 409 to Peking.
NCNA Reporter.
I must make it quite clear that police are satisfied that Hsieh played a
part in the disturbances, and was identified as a member of the unruly
crowds on several occasions. To judge by representations made by NCNA to
Special Branch, NCNA themselves are ill-informed about the events
leading to Hsieh's arrest and the extent of his activities. But it is
because of these that he has been charged. He refused to plead so that a
plea of not guilty has been entered on his behalf. His case will come up
again on 19 July. I cannot of course say whether the court will find him
guilty, but, if he is, he could well face up to a 2 year sentence.
2. I understand that Hsieh was born in Shanghai but has been in Hong
Kong at least since 1951, when a Hong Kong identity card was issued to
him. As far as we are aware, he does not hold any form of CPG
documentation and is therefore to all intents and purposes a locally
employed Hong Kong resident. His status as a reporter, if indeed he is a
reporter for he was known to be a typist not so long ago, confers on him
no inmunity to riot and provoke the authorities.
3. In the meantime, what about Gray seeking to leave China either via
Rangoon (if still open) or Irkutsk? Despite the inconvenience of these
longer routes, if he is blocked every way we shall know more clearly
that he is personally being discriminated against.
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until this morning. Hsieh protested against his arrest and trial both of
which he said were illegal.
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About 11 a.m. we received telephone call from Protocol Department
announcing that N.C.N.A. employees were coming to the office to deliver
a protest and that the M.F.A. considered that this action was righteous
and "demanded" that I or my representative came out to receive the
protest within 15 minutes.
2.
I sent Whitney and Weston to the front gate where the protest was read
out and handed to them. About 20 police kept the crowd back from the
gates during the proceedings. Protest denounced the "kidnapping" and
"illegal secret trial" of N.C.N.A. correspondent in Hong Kong and
repeated usual demands for apologies, compensation and guarantee of
facilities for normal reporting and safety of N.C.N.A. Hong Kong.
3.
Demonstrators then dispersed.
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 881 of 12 July, Repeated for
information to: Hong Kong
Ky telegram No. 874.
Following is text of Protest as published in People's Daily and NCNA of
12 July.
2.
Hauch Ping, correspondent of the Hong Kong branch of the Heinhua News
Agency was on a normal reporting assignment in the vicinity of Wanchai
Road, Hong Kong at 0140 hours today when he was unreasonably arrested by
armed police of the British Hong Kong authorities. Although Hedeh Ping
produced his reporters credentials the British Hong Kong police dragged
him off in a car and drove to the Eastern District Police Station and
detained him there Leaders of the Uhsinhua Hong Kong branch later
repeatedly took up the matter with the British Hong Kong authorities.
At 0600 hours Liang Wei-lin, Director of the Hsinhua Hong Kong branch
lodged a most urgent and strong protest with the officer administra-
ting the Government, Michael Gass, and raised three demands but the
British Hong Kong authorities continued to detain Hsueh Ping without any
reason.
We fully support the solemn demands raised by Liang Wei-lin.
This is not the first time that the British Hong Kong authorities have
brazenly provoked and persecuted personnel of the Hainhue Hong Kong
branch, On June 25 Wang Lei, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Chen Kuo-jung
and Chen Ming-chu, correspondents of the Hsinhua Hong Kong branch,
encountered groundless obstruction and were forced to submit to an
insulting search by armed police of the British Hong Kong authorities.
The British Hong Kong authorities have repeatedly and unreason- ably
interfered with the normal activities of the personnel of the Chinese
official news agency, threatened their safety and unwarrant- edly
arrested one of them. This is another serious political pro- vocation
against the Chinese people conducted by the British Govern- ment and the
British authorities in Hong Kong.
The Chinese Government hereby lodges a strongest Protest.
The British Government must enjoin the British Hong Kong authorities
immediately to release the arrested; publicly apologize to him and
ensure freedom of activity and safety for personnel of the Hsinhua Hong
Kong branch and ensure that there be no recurrence of similar incidente,
otherwise, you shall be held responsible for all the grave consequences
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Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 874 of 12 July Repeated for
information to Hong Kong (Immediate).
I was summoned last night at 11 p.m. to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
where Mr. Hsueh, Deputy Director of West Europe, read an oral statement
about the arrest in Hong Kong of Hsueh P'ing of NCNA.
2. He described this as a serious political provocation, and mentioned a
previous occasion on 25 June when Deputy Head and other staff member of
NCNA in Hong Kong had been stopped and searched. The Chinese Government
lodged a strong protest and demanded that the British Government order
the Hong Kong authorities to release the NCNA prisoner immediately, make
an apology and guarantee the normal safety and freedom of NCNA members
in Hong Kong.
3. I said I was unaware of the case, but that if Mr. Hsueh P'ing had
been arrested he would presumably be charged with an offence. I rejected
the protest but said I would report the matter to you.
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arrested, detained and will probably be charged with unlawful assembly,
Another member of the N.C.N.A, then appeared at the Eastern Division
Police Station where Hsieh was being detained, protested strongly at
this 'kidnapping' and demanded his immediate release on the grounds that
he was an employee of the C.P.G. He finally left saying that he would
report the matter immediately to Peking.
2. There is this morning a small item on the front pages of the main
left wing newspapers which claim that Haich's 'kidnapping' is a serious
political provocation.
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