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My telegram No. 839 to F.0.
Mr. and Mrs. Self have received their exit visas and are leaving
Shanghai today for Hong Kong. They are due to reach Lo Wu on 15
September. Grateful if you would arrange for their reception and report
safe arrival.
Mr. Craddock
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for information to Hong Kong.
Johnson.
Cannings tells us that neither he nor Elizabeth Johnson have received
any letters since Johnson's arrest from Johnson's family. It seems
possible that the Chinese are removing such letters from their mail.
2. Cannings would very much like to have fairly regular news how Kr. &
Mrs. Johnson's families are bearing up. I suggest the Chartered Bank
might be asked to telegraph Cannings such news from time to time. (It
appears their telegrams reach Cannings without difficulty) in particular
he would like to know how Elizabeth Johnson's mother took the news.
Foreign Office pass Hong Kong.
Mr. Cradock
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Mr. Taggart of the Chartered Bank telephoned this morning to ask what
was the next stage in our attempts to secure Mr. Johnaton's release.
2. I told him that Peking would keep up their pressure for details of
any charges against Mr. Johnston and for consular access to him but
I
that this end we would need to give the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires a
reasonable time to give a reply to Mr. Foley's representations of 6
September. said, however, that if no reply is forthcoming, we should
certainly consider summoning the Chargé again but not before a fortnight
or so had elapsed from the previous meeting.
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Your telegram No. 839: Hong Kong Bank.
The bank here say the penalties are trivial.
They
are trying to settle them today in order to get self and Crozier out.
Foreign office please pass Priority Peking.
Sir D. Trench
[Repeated as requested]
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Then we spoke on the telephone this morning I passed you the gist of the
information we received about
Wre. Johnston from Peking. The text of the telegram is as follows:
"Krs. Johnston has asked us whether we can tell her who broke the news
to his (her husband's) mother and how she reacted to this, Mrs. Johnston
is apparently standing up well to the strain of a very difficult
situation but it would be helpful to her if you could enable us to
answer this question.
2. Mrs. Johnston is now applying separately for her exiù visa. We have
sent a Note to Consular Department supporting this application."
I should be most grateful if you would let me know as soon as you have
sade enquiries about Mrs. Johnston, Senior, and also if you could
confirm that you have informed Ers. Johaston, Junior's mother of her
son-in- law's detention.
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P. Taggart, Saq.,
The Chartered Bank,
38 Bishopsgate,
London, I.C.2.
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Addressed to Foreign office telegram No.839 of 10 September, Repeated
for information to Hong Kong, POLAD Singapore.
Self (Manager Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank) has told us that he was
summoned on 9 September to Shanghai Poreign Affairs Department to learn
the result of the Chinese investigation into "irregularities" with which
they had charged Bank in May 1967. He said that Chinese "exacted certain
penalties" from Bank, He gave no details on telephone but said he had
passed details to his Head Office in Hong Kong and appeared to expect
that they would be met without difficulty. The Chinese also told him
that he and his wife must leave China within two weeks, The Selfs have
therefore re-applied for exit visas and hope to leave Shanghai for Hong
Kong on 13 or 14 September.
2. Self thought Lachlan might now be allowed to take over formally as
Manager,
3.
Grateful if Hong Kong could discover something more of "penalties" the
Chinese are exacting.
be prepared to meet them.
4.
I hope Bank will
This seems a very encouraging development both for
its release of selfs and regularisation of Bank's position. Croziers'
ohances of getting exit viaas should have been improved although they
may still be bound up with political situation.
safe across border.
5. I recommend there should be no publicity until Self 18
Thereafter it may be difficult to avoid it. I would in any case see
advantage in Self using opportunity to draw attention to situation of
Croziers and possibly of Johnstons also, though this will have to be
done with care and to avoid appearances of commenting on Chinese
internal
situation.
Foreign Office please pass Hong Kong and POLAD Singapore. Nr. Cradock,
[Repeated as requested]
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM 30, 831 OF 10 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONG KONG AND RHC SINGAPORE.
MY TELNO. 825: JOHNSTON.
AT A RECEPTION LAST NIGHT AT WHICH THE BANK OF CHINA REPRESENT- ATIVES
HAD SHOWN THE INITIAL CORDIALITY, THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
CHARTERED BANK EXPRESSED TO THEM HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE CASE OF JOHNSTON,
THE BANK OF CHINA REPRESENTATIVES, WHO WERE VERY FRIENDLY, REPLIED THAT
QUOTE IN THEIR OPINION, IT HAD NOTHING TO WITH THE CHARTERED BANK
UNQUOTE. THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE SORTED OUT IN DUE COURSE.
2.
SINCE THE BANK OF GIINA HERE, ARE WELL AWARE OF THE SINGAPORE AFFAIR (MY
TEL NO. 807 OF 29 AUGUST), THE CHARTERED BANK ARE INCLINED TO CONCLUDE
THAT THE ARREST OF JOHNSON IS NOT REPEAT NOT LINKED WITH THEIR TROUBLES
IN SINGAPORE.
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