were now to write a completely innocuous letter of family news to her
father which we could send to the M.F.A. in Peking under cover of a note
requesting that it be forwarded to Mr. Barrymaine. We warned her that it
might not reach Mr. Barrynaine and that she would almost certainly not
receive a reply from him since it was Chinese policy not to permit
people who are being detained for pending investigation to send out
letters We also suggested to Miss Barrymaine that she should write to
the Chinese Mission in London enquiring after her father's health. We
quoted the example of the success of the Gordon family in extracting a
statement from the Chinese to the effect that Mr. Eric Gordon and his
family were all in good health. Kiss Barrymaine accepted our ideas on
both these points.
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Your Ref: FEC 130/2
E.J. Sharland, Esq.,
Far Eastern Department.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
London,
S.W.1
"KLAINE"
Cranley Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
25th April, 1969
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Dear Mr. Sharland,
Thank you for your letter dated 21st April, advising me that you have
kindly made an appointment for me to see Mr. Garside on Thursday, 1st
May at 3.30 p.m.
I look forward to seeing you on that date.
Yours sincerely,
Aland Berrymand
16
(FSC 130/2)
Far Eastern Department,
21 April, 1969.
Thank you for your letter of 8 April about your appointment to see Mr.
Garside to discuss the case of your father, who is detained in China. I
note that the afternoon of Thursday, 1 May will be convenient for you
and have made your appointment for 3.30 p.m. on that day.
I should be grateful if when you come to the Downing Street entrance of
the Foreign Office you ask for me rather than Mr. Garside as he has no
permanent offige in Londen,
(E. J. Sharland)
Miss A. 8. Barrymaine,
"Elaine",
Cranley Road,
Roa Westcliff-on-8ca,
Essex.
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Far Eastern Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
London.
S.W.1.
"BLAINE"
Cranley Road, Westcliff-on-Sea,
Bagex.
8th April, 1969
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Dear Mr. Sharland,
Fac iscla
Thank you for your kind letter dated 26th March, in which you advised me
that Mr. Garside would be in Londen on 30th April and 1st May, and that
you would make an appointment with his on my behalf for either of those
dates.
Although, I do of course realise that he will possibly not be in the
position to let me have any further news of my father, I will be most
pleased to meet him to discuss the present situation.
I would prefer, if this is convenient to you, to make the appointment
for 1st May in the afternoon. If, however, this is not possible I would
arrange to come to London on either of these days.
I look forward to hearing further from you.
Yours sincerely,
Unut S. Barrymain &
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Far Eastern Department,
26 March, 1969.
Mr. R. Ē. Garside, the officer in our Mission in Peking who deals with
consular osses, han returned to London for mid-tour leave and will be
going back to Paking in Kay. Mr. Gareide will be available in London on
30 April and 1 May. If you would like to discuss your father's detention
with Mr. Garside, I should be plassed to make an appointment for you on
one or other of those days.
As you know, the Department in London makes available to you any
information vàich we receivo. Kr. Garside will not thereforo be able to
give you any fresh new. även so, we thought you might welcome
opportunity to discuss your father's case with the man dealing with it
on the spot. I shall look forward to hearing from you.
Kiss Barrysain,
"Flaine",
Cranley Road,
Vestaliff-on-Sea,
Essex.
(3. J. Sharland)
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21% Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their compliments to
the Consular Departeent of the Yinistry of For 1- Affairs of the
People's Republic of Chine and have the hon to rafer to their Notes
mumbered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162, 183 the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th
of August, lịth of September, 24th of Cotober, 20th of November, 1968, 3
and 30 of the 2nd of Jamary and 13th of February, 1969, which requested
confirmation of the reported arrest of Kr. Norman Barrymine, details of
any charges brought against him, ard iamcdiate consular acesse to him,
The Curice of the British Chargé d'Affaires have so far fær
reacivad no reply to the above mentioned Notes, They again urgently
request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to
furnish the information requested on the above British subject and to
permit immediate consular socess to him,
The Office 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 Chiza the assuranose of
their highest consideration.
Office of the British Chargé d'affaires,
PEKINA.
14 Maro, 1969.
Note No. 30
Enterage I
W03/3
The Office of the British Charge d'Affaires present their compliments 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 and 3 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th
of August, 14th of September, 24th of October and 20th of November 1968
and the 2nd of January 1969, which requested confirmation of the
reported arrest of Mr. Norman Berrymaine, details of any charges brought
against hin, and immediate consular access to hin.
The office of the British Charge d'Affaires
have so far received no reply to the above mentioned Notes. They again
urgently request the Consular Department of the Vinistry of Foreign
Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British
subject and to persit immediate consular access to him.
The Office of the British Charge 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 Charge d'Afrairoq, Peking.
13 February, 1969.
FEC
134/2.
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Per Just
The Dell Hawks Hill Bourne End Bucks
Bourne End 20287
22 January 1969
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Wilson Esq.,
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
London, S.W.1.
24 JAN 1969
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Dear Mr. Wilson,
Thank you so much for your letter of January 7 about Mr. Norman
Barrymaine. I am extremely sorry for the delay in acknowledging it,
which is due to my having been laid up for the last fortnight.
I am most grateful for the information you gave me about Mr. Barrymaine.
If you should at any time in the future get an address at which I could
write to him, I would much appreciate it if you would let me have it.
As there is probably some doubt whether he would receive a letter, even
if his address was known, I wonder if you could arrange that anyone on
the staff of the British Charge d'Affaires, Pekin, who may eventually be
able to see him, just mention to him that Mrs. Sylvia Austin, of Coppet
Hold, Midhurst, Sussex, and I send him our best wishes in adversity we
were both friends of his many years ago.
should
Please do not bother to reply to this letter.
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Harold J. Nilem.
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1 7 JAN 1969
FEC13/2
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The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires present their compliments to
the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
People's Republic of China, and have the honour to rafer to their Notes
mabered 76, 81, 123, 141, 162 and 183 of the 24th of June, 4th of July,
17th of August, 14th of September, 24th of October and 20th of November,
1968 which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of Er. Norman
Barrynaine, details of any charges
brought against his and inmediate consular access to his.
The office of the British Chargé d'Affaires have
so far received no reply to the above mentioned Kotas. They again
urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to furnish the information requested on the above British
subject and to perait immediate consular
access to him.
The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselves of this
opportunity to renew to the Consular Department of the Firistry of
Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the assurances of
their highest
consideration.
office of the British Chargé d'Affaires Faking
2 Jamary, 1969
FEC139/2
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7 January, 1968.
Your letter of 11 December to Mr. Hadow, who is now in Tel Aviv, has
been passed to me. I am sorry that it was originally forwarded to Mr.
Hadow at his present post and that you have therefore not received
□ reply earlier.
Despite repeated requests, the Chinese have failed to give us any
information at all about Mr. Barrysaine, They have not even confirmed
the fact of his detention although there can be no doubt of it from
reports received from the vessel upon which he was travelling. No member
of the staff of the British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking has been allowed
to visit Kr. Barrymaine nor have the Chinese given us any address to
which mail for him can be sent. I regret therefore that I am unable to
supply you with any address to which you might write to Mr. Barrymaine.
H. J. Wilson, Esq.,
The Dell,
Hawkehill,
Bourse End,
Bucka.
(C. Wilson)
Far Eastern Departsent
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Your letter of 11 December to
Mr. Hadow, who is now in Tel Aviv, has been
passed to me.
I am sorry that it
was originally forwarded to Mr. Hadow at
his present post and that you have
therefore/not received a reply earlier.
Despite repeated requests, the Chinese
have failed to give us any information at
all about Mr. Barrymaine. They have not
even confirmed the fact of his detention
although there can be no doubt of it
from reports received from the vessel upon
which he was travelling. No member of the
staff of the British Chargé d'Affaires
in Peking has been allowed to visit
Mr. Barrymaine nor have the Chinese given
us any address to which mail for him can be
Bent. I regret therefore that I am unable to
supply you with any address to which you
might write to Mr. Barrymaine,
Las/
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Dear Robin,
BRITISH EMBASØY,
TEL RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No.31
19 Decembe JAN 196963
FEC 136/2
I enclose a letter which has reached me here. Somebody is clearly not
abreast of the news!
Perhaps you could deal with
2.
Mr. H. Wilson.
Your ever
не
Michael
W.R. Haydon, Esq.,
News Department,
(Michael Hadow)
Foreign & Commonwealth Dept.,
LONDON, S.W.1.
1
The Dell Hawks Hill
Bourne End Bucks
Bourne End 20287
11 December 1968
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RECEIVED IN. ARCHIVES No.3,1
JAN 1909
FECIS
R.M. Hadow Esq., CMG,
Head of the News Department,
Foreign Office,
Downing Street,
London, S.W.1.
Dear Mr. Hadow,
I have recently read in the press that Mr. Norman Barrymaine is one of
the British journalists whom the Chinese have been holding in prison in
his case since last February.
I have worked with Barrymaine in political journalism in this country,
and also in Air Ministry Public Relations during the war, and would
therefore like to write to him. I would very much appreciate it if you
would let me know his address, if you have one.
Yours sincerely,
Harold J. Wilm.
H.J. Wilson
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31 December, 1968
Thank you for your letter of 26 December with which you enclosed a
letter addressed to Kiss Barrymaine, which I have to-day forwarded to
her.
I regret that I am unable to give you any further news about Miss
Barrysaine's father. Despite repeated requests the Chinese have failed
to provide us with any information about him. We shall, of course,
contimas to press the Chinese for information.
We had hoped that the publicity generated by last month's visit by our
Chargé d'Affaires in Peking to Mr. Gray might have induced the Chinese
to adopt a more reasonable attitude about the British subjects in
detention in China. These hopes have, so far, proved groundless and
there has been no change in the position.
D. C. Maxwell, Esq.,
C/O Poste Restante,
Athens,
Gresos.
(2. J. Sharland) (Far Eastern Department)
Jo
THE ATHENS HILTON
Home address.- 631, Wilbraham Road,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester.21.
Dec 26th. 1968.
RECEIVED IN ARCHIV: No.31
- Į JAN 1909
FEC 13C/2
130/2
Dear Mr Sharland.
As you kindly promised some many weeks
ago before I left for the Continent, I am forwarding to you a letter
that I would like you to forward to Miss Harrymaine.
You may
remember that her father is on the of the people detained by the
Chinese at the moment,
?
Also if you have any recent news, I shall
be pleased to hear. I shall only be heat at the Hilton for the
immediate Xmas period, but if you write me c/o Poste Restante,
S.A.E. enclosed for the purpose, just to confirm this, I shall be
bust have My
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most pleased. I would have written earlier, wy only just arrived
from a 7 week tour of the 4 astem Europe countries to the north of
me and I didn't want to write from there.
Thank-you for your help in the past,
and look forward to hearing from you shortly,
Yours faithfully),
D.C.Mgx
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The Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires
present their compliments to the Consular Department of the
Hinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of
China, and have the honour to refer to their Hotes mubared
76, 81, 123, 141 and 162 of the 24th of June, 4th of July,
17th of Angust, 14th of Septerber and 24th of October, 1968
which requested confirmation of the reported arrest of
Ir. Formen Barrysaine, details of any charges brought against
his and inmediate 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 urgently request the Consular Department of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on
the above British subject and to permit immediate consular
scossa to him.
The Office of the British Chargś d'Affaires avail
themselves of this opportunity to renew to the Consular
Department of the Hinistry of Foreign Affairs of the People's
Republic of China the assurances of their highest consideration.
office of the British Chargé d'Affaires,
Poking
20 Jovember, 1968
3
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENT TAL
Dear Jones.
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25 November, 1968.
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In the course of a conversation with Kichael Wilford today about the
British "hostages" in China, I recalled a point about Norman
Barrymaine's past history of which you may not know and which ought
possibly to be on the record. Barrymaine, as you probably do know, was
employed as a writer in I.R.D. in the '50s when I was in the Department.
I went to Peking subsequently and in the course of destroying consular
archives there during one of our periodic flaps I went through the
records of the Consular Courts during the 208. In a record of the (I
think) Tiensin Court for about 1925 I discovered a photograph of Norman
Barrymaine and details of his sentencing to a substantial period of
imprisonment in China for (I think) fraudulent conversion.
I have a feeling that after sore cogitation I informed Personnel
Department of this because I thought they should have it on record. I
mention it again now because it seems to me just possible that the
Chinese may have something on or aggirat Norman from those ancient days.
In fact, it seems to me much more likely that (as was rumoured in Hong
Kong at the time of his disappearance) that he had done scrething stupid
in the photography line when visiting Shanghai on an earlier voyage in
the Far East a year or more ago.
معا
Awkey Ehir
(T.A.K. Elliott)
Janes Kurray, Esq., C.X. Ĝ.,
Far Eastern Department,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
London, S. W. 1.
PERSONAL & CONFIDENT TAL
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The Office of the British Chargể d'affaires present
their compliments to the Consular Departaent of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the People's eyablie of China, and
have the honour to refer to their Notes mebered 76, 81, 123
and 141 of the 24th of June, 4th of July, 17th of August and
14th of September, 1968 mich requested confirmation of the
reported arrest of Ir. Horman Harryanine, details of any charges
brought against him and immediate consular ascess to him.
The Offies of the British Charyể d'Affaires have so far
received no reply to the above mentioned notes.
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urgently request the Consular Duyartnent of the Ninistry of
Foreign Affairs to furnish the information requested on
above British subject and to parait Ammediate consular 108085 %.
him.
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Office of the British Chargé d'Affaires avail themselve
of this appertunity to renew to the Gensular Department of the Hinistry
of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China the
LOSITANOSS of their highest consideration.
offies of the British Chargé d'Affaires,
24 October, 1968.
KO/BARRY MAINE N
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Thank you for your letter U3/6 of 22 August to George Boon enclosing a
copy of a letter from Amnesty International about the case of Mr, Norman
Barrymaine, who was detained by the Chinese on or about 23 February
last.
2. I am afraid I cannot add much to the information already given in
Amnesty International's letter. The background to the case ab we know it
is as follows:
3. On 14 March we received a report from the "Daily Telegraph" that they
had heard that Mr. Barrymaine, who had been a passenger aboard the
Polish ship "Hanoi", had been detained by the Chinese authorities in
Shanghai. On 16 March our Mission in Peking addressed a Note to the
Chinese authorities asking for information about Mr. Barrymaine and for
Consular access if he was detained. Despite repeated requests no
information about Mr. Barrymaine has been provided by the Chinese nor
has Consular access been allowed. We are, therefore, unable to give any
details of any law under which Mr. Barrysaine may have been charged and
know of no court before which he has been brought.
4. We have learned from Mr. Barrymaine's family that he is aged
and that his health is not robust. This information was passed to the
Chinese in a Note on 2 April but failed to induce a response. Mr.
Barrynaine has written articles on China in the "Daily Telegraph"
magazine but these were published after his detention.
He 18, however, an active free lance journalist and it is likely that he
y have taken pictures or notes while in Shanghai which the Chinese might
regard as hostile to their regime. He had previously visited Haiphong in
North Vietnam aboard a visiting ship and sub- sequently wrote an article
about his experiences.
5. We shall continue to make representations to the Chinese seeking
details of any charges there may be against Mr. Barrymaine and Consular
access to him. In the light of previous experience of other cases of
detained British subjects, however, we cannot be hopeful of receiving
any helpful reply.
P.R. Spendlove, Esq.,
British Embassy,
WASHINGTON.
(D.R. Avery)
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