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"ELAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
9th July, 1969
E.J. Sharland, Esq.,
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.
S.8.1.
Dear Mr. Sharland,
I received an answer to my letter addressed to the Chinese Chargé
d'Affaires in London, and have taken a photostat of same, which I
enclose herewith.
I have not yet answered this as I would like you to see their letter
first, and perhaps you would be kind enough to advise me which line to
take when answering this.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours sincerely,
Ошиб
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中華人民共和國駐美國代辦處
Office of the Chargé d'Affaires
of the People's Republic of China, London
4th July, 1969
49 Portland Place,
London, W.i.
Tel: LAN-ham 3951
Dear Hiss Anne Barrynaine,
Your letter of 23rd June addressed to our Chargé d'Affaires has been
received. I would like to inform you that your father's case is being
examined and no further news is now avail- able. I think it is up to you
to decide whether to come to our Office for an interview or not.
Miss A. Barrymaine, "Elaine" Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
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Yours faithfully,
Z z
(Lu Taung-min)
Private Secretary to the
Charge d'Affaires
FEC 130 2
Far Eastern Department
30 June, 1969.
24
Thank you for your letters of 5 and 9 June about the case of Mr.
Barrynaine.
2. I have not returned Miss Barrymaine's letter addressed to her father
to her but have told her of the circumstances of ite return.
3. In reply, Miss Barrymaine has said that she has had no response from
the Chinese to the letter she sent to them and has now sent a follow-up.
I have written again to her confirming our interest in any reply she may
receive and have suggested, on the lines of the second paragraph of your
second letter under reference, that should she receive no reply in a
reasonable time, she may like to call at the Office to discuss the
possibility of a well-publicised visit to the Chinese Mission.
4. I or Richard Dales, who will be taking over from me later in July,
will of course keep her informed of developments.
R. R. Garside, Esq.,
PRKING.
(E. J. Sharland)
24
PFC 13C/2
Far Eastern Department
30 June, 1969.
Thank you for your letter of 23 June about the detention of your father
in China. I have forwarded the letter you enclosed to the Chinese Chargé
d'Affaires in London to the addressee and shall look forward to hearing
from you again should you receive a reply.
We are of course continuing our representations to the Chinese on your
father's behalf and shall let you know of any information we may
receive. If you do not receive a satisfactory reply from the Chinese
Chargé d'Affaires to your letter you may wish to discuss other possible
methods of approach, such as, for instance, a well-publicised visit to
the Chinese Mission in London on the lines of the visita paid by the
Gordon family and Mr. Will.
(R. J. Sharland)
Miss A. Berrymaine,
"Elaine",
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Kasex.
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"ELAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
23rd June, 1969
E.J. Sharland, Esq.,
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
London.
S.W.1.
Dear Mr. Sharland,
Thank you for your letter dated 9th June, in which you kindly informed
me that my letter to my father was returned without comment.from the
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Although I am, of course, most sorry that they decided not to forward
this to him, this is something that we both foresaw and feared.
I have not yet had a reply to my letter addressed to the Chinese Chargé
d'Affaires in London, but rather than let the matter rest, I am
enclosing a further letter addressed to them, and would be most grateful
if you would be kind enough to look through it for me once again, and
forward it on if satisfactory.
If I do receive a reply to the above letter, I shall of
course let you know immediately.
Yours sincerely,
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Chinese Chargé d'Affaires,
49, Portland Place, London. W.1.
"ELAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
23rd June, 1969
1
,
Dear Sir,
During the early part of May last, I forwarded to you a letter
requesting information concerning my father, Norman Barrysaine, who is
at present detained in China. I also asked whether I may be granted an
interview with you to discuss his CASE, At the present time, I have not
yet received an answer to my letter from you.
I would, therefore, be grateful if you could let me have some
information concerning my father, or as previously requested, grant me
an interview.
As my father is almost 69 years of age, has suffered much from bad
health and I have heard no news of him since I read in the papers of his
detention some 16 months ago, I look forward to hearing from you in the
near future.
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Arunz Barrymainz (Mis)
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OFFICE OF THE BRITISH CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES,
PEKING,
9 June, 1969.
26
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Return of Miss Barrymaine's letter
The news that the Charge was to be permitted to visit Shanghai among
other places was announced to him 48 hours after our note requesting
that Miss Barrymaine's letter be forwarded to her father was returned to
us. In the light of the decision to permit John Denson to visit Shanghai
I would suggest that the Chinese purpose in returning the note to us was
to make it quite clear in advance that any request for access to
Barrymaine by John Denson was quite out of the question. This of course
was scarcely needed in view of their eternal and persistent denial of
access but I do think it may have been a factor in determining the
treatment of our note on this occasion,
2. You will, I am sure, inform me of the outcome of Liss Barrymaine's
direct approach to the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in London by letter. If
she draws a blank by this approach just as we have drawn a blank at this
end I suggest that she should be advised that the only method of
approach likely to produce any confirmation of her father's continued
existence in this life would be a well publicised visit to the Chinese
Diplomatic Mission in London, along the lines of the visits paid by the
Gordon family and Mrs. Will,
Yours
ever,
Roger
R.R. Garside,
E.J. Sharland, sq.
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Please refer to your letter PEC 13C/2 of 15 May and our telegram 346 of
5 June.
2.
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I enclose Miss Barrymaine's letter in case you should wish to return it
to her.
3
3. You will remember that last year we forwarded a letter to the Gordons
written by a member of their family under cover of a note to Cons:lar
Department and that this note was not returned to us. I do not think
that we can read any great significance into the difference in treatment
of these two notes. I think you will agree that there is no guarantee
that the Gordon letter actually reached its addressee since there have
in the past been cases where the Chinese have accepted letters in
silence and then not passed then on to the intended recipient. The
explanation in the case of the Barrymaine letter may simply be that the
Chinese wish to make it mite plain to us that Barrysaine will not be
permitted to receive communications at this time.
Yours ever Lager.
R. R. Garside
B. J. Sharland, Esq., Far Eastern Department, P.0.0.
RESTRICTED
Norman W. Barrymaine
"ELAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
9th May, 1969
Darling Daddy,
I have been wanting to write to you for a very long time now, but
thought perhaps I had better wait.
Mummy and Nanny both send you their love and hope that you are keeping
fairly well, and of course I also pray that you are in good health,
I occasionally hear from Margaret and Arthur who are also most concerned
for you. They have moved from Como, and are now living in Treviso, near
Venice.
Here in England, the weather is beginning to turn much warmer and there
are plenty of blossoms on the trees this year.
-
I am now working fairly locally as Secretary to the Chief Architect at
Basildon Development Corporation, in Basildon. I joined the Corporation
one year ago and shortly after this I bought myself a little red Mini
(second-hand) so that I am now mobile. I was thinking of driving to
Italy in the Summer, but this is still just an idea. I feel that perhaps
I should go somewhere else for a change, but I know you :ill understand
how appealing Italy is.
I will write to you again soon.
Much love to you,
Ann Ey xxx
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Note No.82
13/2
The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their complimente to
the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
People's Republic of China and have the honour to refer to their Notes
numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July,
17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October, 20th of November,
1968, 3, 30 and 50 of the 2nd of January, 13th of February and 14th of
March, 1969, which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Mr.
Norman
and Barrymzine, details of any charges brought against him, immediate
consular access to him.
The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires have so far received no
reply to the above mentioned Notes. They again urgantly request the
Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to furnish the
information requested on the above British subject and to permit
inmediate consular access to him.
The C:rice of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves of this
opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the assurances of
their highest consideration,
Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires,
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The Office of the British Charg "¿Affaires present their
compliments to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the People's Republic of China and have the honom to
requent the co-opɛration of the Department in the following
matter.
T.. Crvice have been instructed to pass the attached letter
to Consular Department and to seek the Department's co-operation
in having the letter forwarded to the addresses. The letter is
addressed to Kr. Forman W, Barrymnine, a British subject
reportedly under detention in China who has been a subject of our notes
numbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July,
17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October, 20th of November,
1968, 3, 30, 50 and 82 of the 2nd of
1969. Jamry, 13th of February, lịth of March and 22nd of May, The writer
of the letter is Mr. Barrymaine's daughter Anne.
The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves
of this ✪ortunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
the assurance of their highest consideration.
Office of the British Chargé d'affaires,
PAKIET
2 June, 1969.
(FEC 13C/2)
Far Eastern Department,
9 June, 1969
22.
Please refer to my letter of 15 May about your letters to your father
and to the Office of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in London.
I regret to say that we have now heard from our Mission in Peking that
their attempt to forward your letter to your father through the Chinese
authorities has failed. Your letter was forwarded to the Consular
Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 3 June under
cover of a note requesting that it be passed to the addressee. Both note
and letter were returned without comment to our Mission immediately.
You will renenber from your meeting with Roger Garside and myself on 1
May that we were not too hopeful that the Chinese would be prepared to
allow your father to receive correspondence. I am very sorry that our
fears have been proved correct but do not believe that anything will be
gained by further attempts to get a letter through.
As I told you in my earlier letter I posted your letter addressed to the
Office of the Chinese Charge d'Affaires on 15 May. I should be most
interested to know whether you have received any reply and if so in what
teras.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future and will ensure
that any news we may receive of your father is passed to you imediately.
Meanwhile if you wish to call again at the Foreign Office to discuss
your father's case I will be most happy to receive you,
C
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"Elaine".
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Westcliff-on-Sea,
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Far Eastern Department
15 May, 1969.
Pa
Thank you for your letter of 9 May about the detention of your father in
China and the enclosed letters to him and to the Consular Section of the
Chinese Mission in Lendon.
I could see no way in which either of your letters night be improved and
no thing in them which might cause difficulties with the Chinese. I have
therefore sent on in a plain envelope your letter to the Chinese Chargé
d'Affaires and will enclose the letter to your father under cover of a
letter to Roger Garside in the next diplomatic bag for Peking.
I will let you know as soon as we have an indication from Peking whether
or not the Chinese have accepted your letter to your father and should
be grateful if you would inform me of the reaction of the Office of the
Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London to your letter.
(E. J. Sharland)
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Kiss A. §. Barrymaine,
"Klaine".
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-8ea,
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15 May, 1969.
You will remember that when we saw Viss Anne Barrymine on the first of
this month we suggested that she both write to the Office of the Chinese
Chargé d'Affaires in London to seek information about her father and
attempt to reach him direct with a letter to be handed to the Chinese
authorities by your Mission. Miss Barrymaine has now produced the twe
letters, both of which are eminently sensible in form and tone. Í
enclosed the one to hef father and have despatched by post the one to
the Chinese Mission.
2. In reply to Miss Barrymaine I have undertaken to let her know whether
or not the Chinese accept from you the letter to her father. I should be
grateful therefore if you would let me know in due course.
R. R. Garside, Esq.,
FKKING,
(B. J. Sharland)
RESTRICTED
"ELAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
9th May, 1969
E.J. Sharland, Esq.,
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London,
S.1.1
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Dear Mr. Sharland,
Thank you for arranging the appointment for me to meet Mr. Garside and
yourself on 1st May.
As you suggested, I enclose a letter to the Chinese Charge d'Affaires,
(I couldn't find anything in the telephone directory which gave the
Chinese Kission's address, I presumed this might be the same thing) and
also a letter to my Father. I shall be very grateful if you would read
these both through, and if you consider them to be in order, perhaps
pass then on, If, however, you have any suggestions to make on how they
could be rewritten, please do let me know, and I will alter them
accordingly.
Once again, thank you for your time on 1st May, and I look forward to
hearing from you concerning these letters.
Kiply mut.
Kalmuses pamer on
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Yours sincerely,
Unar Barymaind
(A.S. Barrymaine.)
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Miss Barrymaine is a very sensible, low-key personality who although
obviously fond of her father has not, I would guess, been in very close
touch with him in recent years. Her father and mother were divorced a
good many years ago and both parents remarried. She lives with her
mother. She had no specific request to make, nor of course any
information to give us. Kr. Sharland was also present during this
interview and he and I agreed that it might be useful if Miss Barrymaine
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