not to refer specifically to Walden's conversation but say simply we
have gathered from Hong Kong that Long might have new plans in mind for
Peking.
5. A copy of this letter goes to Arthur Maddocks in Hong Kong.
Yours ever. Jonn
(J.B. Denson )
CO.FIDENTIAL
DAILY MIRROR
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JUST OVER two months before Anthony
Grey, that other prisoner of the Communists,
is released in Peking, his boss in London has come to a decision.
Gerold Long, general manager of Reuters, will not send another corres
pondent to Mao's Ching.
Plenty of eager young men in Reuter's have come forward and told Long
they are keen to have a go and are willing to take the risk.
To them all Long has given a firm No. If they are willing to take a
chance he is not.
And the worry of the last two years has, in its own way, told on Long,
moving behind the Western and Asian diplomatic scenes, as it has on Grey
locked up inside his Reuter's house in Peking.
Long considers that there are less dangerous ways of getting the
official Peking hand-outs which are all the, news. that passes Mao's
censors.
And for once Long is saying to hell with keeping up with his rivals.
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F.E. Dept.
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Head of Far Eastern Department Foreign & Commonwealth Office London SW1
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12 September 1969
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25 SEP 1969
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Reuters Limited 85 Fleet Street London EC4 Telephone Fleet Street 6060
Telex 24145
Dear Mr Murray
Many thanks for letting me have copy of Mr Long's letter of 7 November
1968 to be passed to Anthony Grey by the Head of Mission in Peking. I
enclose herewith
a superseding letter and would be grateful if this could be sent by
Diplomatic Bag.
Yours sincerely,
Xorm Camphere
Doon Campbell
Anthony Grey Esq
Reuters Peking
REUTERS
12
September 1969
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Reuters Limited 85 Fleet Street London EC4 Telephone Fleet Street 6060
Telex 24145
Dear Tony,
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In Mr Long's absence overseas this is a welcoming letter on his behalf
to greet you when you emerge after your long ordeal. The relief you must
feel now this unjust imprisonment is ended is shared by all of us.
Naturally we leave it to you to decide, in so far as you have any power
of decision, how long you stay there before travelling home. We want to
make everything as easy as possible for you. It all depends on how you
feel.
At
The last thing we want is to bother you with details at this time but
there are a couple of things which may help you in taking decisions.
Provided we have a little advance notice Doon Campbell will fly to your
point of exit from China and will be there to help you when you come
out. this stage and at this distance it would seem likely that you will
come out through Hong Kong although this is something in which you may
have little choice. Naturally enough you are going to be of considerable
news value when you come out and we have thought about this in some
detail as you yourself must have done. Here are one or two points:
1.
2.
We do suggest that for obvious reasons you file nothing and say nothing
about your experiences until you are safely out of China. This may be
difficult with your friends and colleagues in Peking but I am sure that,
if it is explained to them, they will realise that it is solely in your
interests that this should be so.
When you do get out and when you feel up to it we shall have to arrange
a press conference. Visnews will want to do something with you. Doon
Campbell will discuss all this in detail.
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3.
Undoubtedly you will have many enquiries about features, television
appearances and possibly books. In your case the General Manager has
decided that we shall waive the condition in every Reuter contract about
outside work,
Mr Long feels you should go ahead and exploit your experiences as much
as you wish. Reuters does not want to benefit by them. We will help you
as much as we can and in this connection have been in touch with a
London agent on your behalf. Doon Campbell has all the details so you
can make any arrangements or plans you like straight away.
Don't think from the above that we are trying to press you into doing
anything but I know that as a reporter all these things will have been
uppermost in your mind during the past months. You need and deserve a
good rest and we shall see that you Ret it.
We greatly look forward to seeing you here. As soon as we know your
return plans we shall make all arrangements for you this end.
With very best wishes.
Yours sincerely
Brian R. Horton
BR Horton
CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
970
Mige Bys
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
24 SEPTEMBER 1969.
TELEGRAM NO. 552
44SEP 1969
CONFIDENTIAL
FEE FC 1341
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 552 OF 24 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO HONG KONG.
961
MIPT.
1 HAVE NOT MENTIONED INTERVIEW TO COLLEAGUES OR PRESS HERE
AND THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE NO ADVANTAGE
TO BE GAINED BY RELEASING NEWS OF THIS HERE OR
IN LONDON.
2. IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT THE CHINESE WOULD NOT DISCUSS
ARRANGEMENTS FOR GREY'S DEPARTURE. BUT THE
STATEMENT THAT THEY WILL RESTORE HIS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
TO THE STATE PRIOR TO 21 JULY 1967 DOES CLARIFY
THEIR
INTENTIONS SOMEWHAT.
3. IN LIGHT OF REMARKS ABOUT GREY'S
CURRENT PERSONAL WISHES I ASKED WHETHER THESE MIGHT
BE CLARIFIED RATHER BY AN INTERVIEW OR THROUGH
LETTER. THIS WAS BRUSHED ASIDE BY REITERATION
THAT GREY WOULD BE FREE WHEN ALL NEWSWORKERS WERE RELEASED.
WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN HOW CHINESE WILL ACT AFTER
3 OCTOBER BUT FINAL REMARK IN MIPT SUGGESTS THEY WILL
PROBABLY NOT SEEK TO UNDULY OBSTRUCT GREY'S
DEPARTURE.
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GRATEFUL TO KNOW RESULTS OF YOUR CONSIDERATION OF HONG
KONG TELNOS 720 AND 726
MR. ALLAN
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CONS. DEPT.
SIR S. TOMLINSON MR. WILFORD
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YOUR TEL 311.
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ACCOMPANIED BY GARSI DE I WAS RECEIVED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, M.F.A. THIS AFTERNOON.
(24 SEPT).
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2. IN REPLY TO MY REQUEST FOR CONFIRMATION THAT GREY WOULD
BE RELEASED ON 3 OCTOBER AND FOR CO-OPERATION OVER HIS TRAVEL
FROM CHINA, YUAN SAID THAT THE CHINESE POSITION WAS THAT WITH
THE RELEASE OF ALL THE NEWSWORKERS GREY'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
WOULD BE RESTORED TO THE STATE PRIOR TO 21 JULY 1967. GREY'S
DEPARTURE WOULD THEN BE HIS OWN BUSINESS.
WHATEVER HE WISHED TO DO HE COULD RAISE THROUGH NORMAL
CHANNELS AND IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN THE NORMAL WAY.
3. 1 POINTED OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING SAFEGUARDING
THE INTERESTS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS AND STRESSED OUR HOPE THAT
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE HELPFUL OVER GREY'S DEPARTURE
WHICH WE WISHED TO SEE CARRIED OUT SMOOTHLY. YUAN REPLIED
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RELEASE OF THE NEWSWORKERS HE SAW NO REASON WHY ALL MATTERS
CONNECTED WITH GREY COULD NOT BE SOLVED EASILY.
MR. ALLAN
FILES
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HONG KONG DEPT. NEWS DEPT.
CONS. DEPT.
SIR S. TOMLINSON
MR. WILFORD
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 311 TO PEKING: ANTHONY
FOR MURRAY FROM DENSON.
GREY.
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I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE VIEW IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 720 THAT
INSOFAR AS WE HAVE ANY CHOICE IN GREY'S DEPARTURE ROUTE, WE SHOULD
AVOID HONG KONG SEMI COLON AND ACCORDINGLY MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS
FOR JOURNEY THROUGH PHNOM PENH AND KARACHI, AS SUGGESTED IN MY - LETTER
OF 26TH AUGUST. THIS WILL REQUIRE FURTHER REVIEW IN THE
LIGHT OF ALLAN'S APPROACH CO THE CHINESE ON WHICH I WILL CONCERT
WITH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
PERING.
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE PEKING.
SIR D. TRENCH
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MR. WILFORD
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15 SEPTEMBER 1969
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16 SEP 1969
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WE ARE CONTINUING TO PASS GREY'S HOUSE FROM TIME TO
TIME BUT THINGS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL AND
TELEPHONE GIVES ENGAGED SIGNAL.
MR. ALLAN
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BEEN ASKING US REPEATEDLY WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAST ANY FURTHER
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BEGINS.
IN MR LONG'S ABSENCE OVERSEAS THIS IS A WELCOMING LETTER ON HIS BEHALF
TO GREET YOU WHEN YOU EMERGE AFTER YOUR LONG ORDEAL. THE RELIEF YOU MUST
FEEL NOW THIS UNJUST IMPRISONMENT IS ENDED IS SHARED BY ALL OF US.
NATURALLY WE LEAVE IT TO YOU TO DECIDE, IN SO FAR AS YOU HAVE ANY POWER
OF DECISION, HOW LONG YOU STAY THERE BEFORE TRAVELLING HOME. WE WANT TO
MAKE EVERYTHING AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU. IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU
FEEL.
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO BOTHER YOU WITH DETAILS AT THIS TIME BUT
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WHICH MAY HELP YOU IN TAKING DECISIONS.
PROVIDED WE HAVE A LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE DOON CAMPBELL WILL FLY TO YOUR
POINT OF EXIT FROM CHINA AND WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU COME
OUT. AT THIS STAGE AND AT THIS DISTANCE IT WOULD SEEM LIKELY THAT YOU
WILL COME OUT THROUGH HONG KONG ALTHOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING IN WHICH YOU
MAY HAVE LITTLE CHOICE, NATURALLY
ENOUGH YOU ARE GOING TO BE OF CONSIDERABLE NEWS VALUE WHEN
YOU COME OUT AND WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS IN SOME DETAIL AS
YOU YOURSELF MUST HAVE DONE, HERE ARE ONE OR TWO POINTS:
1. WE DO SUGGEST THAT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS YOU FILE NOTHING
AND SAY NOTHING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES UNTIL YOU ARE SAFELY OUT
OF CHINA. THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN
PEKING BUT I AM SURE THAT, IF IT IS EXPLAINED TO THEM, THEY WILL REALISE
THAT IT IS SOLELY IN YOUR INTERESTS THAT THIS SHOULD BE
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CAMPBELL WILL DISCUSS ALL THIS IN DETAIL.
3.
UNDOUBTEDLY YOU WILL HAVE MANY ENQUIRIES ABOUT FEATURES, TELEVISION
APPEARANCES AND POSSIBLY BOOKS. IN YOUR CASE THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS
DECIDED THAT WE SHALL WAIVE THE CONDITION IN EVERY REUTER CONTRACT ABOUT
OUTSIDE WORK. MR LONG FEELS YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND EXPLOIT YOUR
EXPERIENCES AS MUCH AS YOU WISH. REUTERS DOES NOT WANT TO BENEFIT BY
THEM, WE WILL HELP YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND IN THIS CONNECTION HAVE
BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A LONDON AGENT ON YOUR BEHALF. DOON CAMPBELL HAS ALL
THE DETAILS SO YOU CAN MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS OR PLANS YOU LIKE STRAIGHT
AWAY.
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ANYTHING BUT I KNOW THAT AS A REPORTER ALL THESE THINGS WILL HAVE BEEN
UPPERMOST IN YOUR MIND DURING THE PAST MONTHS. YOU NEED AND DESERVE A
GOOD REST AND WE SHALL SEE THAT YOU GET IT.
WE GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HERE. AS SOON AS WE KNOW YOUR
RETURN PLANS WE SHALL MAKE ALL ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU THIS END.
WITH VERY BEST WISHES.
YOURS SINCERELY,
BRIAN R. HORTON.
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