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I have received a letter from Grey requesting various information for inclusion in a book he is about to write on his experiances. Material on the political background would best be provided by IRD (Peking telegram Ko. 738).

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Cre; is also naturally anxious to include in his book the more picturesque aspects of t... negotiations leading to n agreecent on visits to KCNA prisoners in Hong Kong in return for access to Grey. You will recall that several meetings took place in the Peking Restaurant in Hong Kong in April 1968 between the Political Adviser (accompanied by myself) and two Vice- Directors of the Hong Kong branch of NCNA. The fact that these negotiations had taken place was subsequently divulged to the press, and the Political Adviser KCNA channel is now compon knowledge. Moreover, I recall that a cro-Communist newspaper published details of the rendezvous for the meetings.

3. Grey showed particular interest in the exchange between the Political Adviser and NCRA on the relative status of the Bible and the little red book (NCA were demanding that they should be allowed to distribute the book to their prisoners). This is the kind of vignette he wishes to be free to rublish.

4. We ourselves have no objection to the publication in book form of sore of the more piquat aetails of the Hong Konɩ end of the Grey story. Indeed we think the fuller and more accurcite his account the butter. But we must leave it to you and to Howells in Hong Kong to recommend how much can be appropriately given to Grey. When this is decided it could either be passed direct by you to him or I could let him know.

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30 DECEMBER 1969

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IN QUIET WAY WHICH REUTERS HOPE FOR.

2. WE HAVE TODAY TOLD CHIAO OF TERMINATION OF HIS SERVICES.

YOU DO NOT SPECIFY MODALITIES FOR ENDING LEASE. SUBJECT TO

YOUR VIEWS I WOULD PROPOSE TO SEND NOTE ON BEHALF OF REUTERS AT 0200 HRS GMT TOMORROW (31 DECEMBER) TO D.S.B.

SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE LEASE, WE WILL TRY

TO BRING CAR TO COMPOUND BUT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO LEAVE FURN-

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On 18 December Grey's Cook (KAO) and Amah (HOU) expressed wish to resign. They were accordingly paid off on 19 December with gratuities of Y271.78 and Y190.25 respectively.

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ONLY CHIAO NOW REMAINS (SEE MY MIFT) AND WHEN I RECEIVE

GUIDANCE ON THE POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE CLOSURE WE WILL PAY

HIM OFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR TEL 459. DEPOSIT LEFT BY

CREY IS TOO SMALL TO COVER PAYMENTS TO SERVANTS AND THEY WILL

APPEAR IN THE SUSPENSE ACCOUNT.

2. ON RENT WE HAVE NO COPY OF LEASESAND DO NOT KNOW WHETHER CHINESE WILLBE IN A POSITION TO ARGUE THAT REUTERS OWE THEM

A FURTHER QUARTER' RENT BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN NO NOTICE.

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ADVICE ON DISPOSAL OF CAR AND FURNIT- URE (ALLAN'S LETTER TO WILSON OF 2 DECEMBER REFERS).

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DDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NO.462 OF 23 DECEMBER-REPEATED FOR

VNFORMATION TO HONG KONG AND WASHINGTON.

YOUR TELEGRAM 759: REUTERS OFFICE IN PEKING.

REUTER HAVE DECIDED TO WIND UP THEIR AFFAIRS IN PEKING FOR THE PRESENT IN VIEW OF CONTINUING POOR STATE OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS

AND ATTENDANT RISK TO ANY CORRESPONDENT THEY MAY SEND OF BEING HELD

HOSTAGE. THEY WISH TO PRESENT THIS AS A SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS

FOR AN UNSPECIFIED TIME RATHER THAN A FORMAL CLOSURE OF THEIR PEKING

OFFICE.

2. REUTERS DO NOT INTEND TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT EITHER TO THE CHINESE

OR TO THE PRESS UNLESS IT BECOMES NECESSARY, THEY HOPE THE MATTER

WILL PASS QUIETLY LEAVING THEIR PEKING OFFICE ON ICE. IF A

STATEMENT BECOMES NECESSARY, EITHER TO ACHIEVE THE WINDING UP OF THEIR AFFAIRS IN PEKING, OR BECAUSE THE CHINESE OR THE PRESS ASK

THEM, REUTERS WILL SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN DECIDED NOT TO REPLACE

THEIR CORRESPONDENT IN PEKING FOR THE TIME BEING SO THEY ARE GIVING

UP THE LEASE ON HIS HOUSE.

3. THE CHINESE MAY WELL PUT A POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION ON REUTER'S

DECISION. WE THEREFORE REGARD IT AS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOULD BE SEEN

TO BE ACTING ON REUTER'S BEHALF ONLY AS REGARDS ADMINISTRATIVE

ARRANGEMENTS. IF THE CHINESE ASK YOU ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

ENDING THE LEASE OR THE HOUSE YOU SHOULD REFER THEM TO REUTERS AND MAKE CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NOT EMPOWERED TO SPEAK FOR REUTERS ON MATTERS OF POLICY. YOU SHOULD SIMILARLY REFER OTHER ENQUIRERS FORMALLY TO REUTERS, THOUGH YOU MAY OF COURSE ADD FOR THEIR INFORMATION ONLY THAT IT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT REUTER'S ARE NOT REPLACING THEIR CORRESPONDENT FOR THE TIME BEING.

4. REUTERS SAY THE LEASE FOR THE HOUSE WAS AGREED WITH

THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICES BUREAU AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RENEWABLE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IF THE CHINESE INSIST, REUTERS WILL PAY ONE MONTHS RENT IN LIEU OF NOTICE.

5. REUTERS ARE CONSULTING GREY ABOUT THE DISPOSAL OF THE CAR AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.

STEWART,

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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO, 759 OF 23 DECEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 459 (NOT TO HONG KONG): CLOSURE OF REUTERS OFFICE IN PEKING.

YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF POLITICAL AND PRESENTATIONAL ASPECTS OF DECISION. THESE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS CHINESE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PLACE A POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION ON IT, PROBABLY REGARDING IT AS AN INDICATION OF HARDENING IN BRITISH POLICY. THIS NEED HOT NECESSARILY WORK TO OUR DISADVANTAGE. IF DECISION COULD BE PRESENTED DIRECTLY OR OBLIQUELY AS THE RESULT NOT ONLY OF GREY'S TREATMENT BUT OF THE CONTINUING DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY BRITISH SUBJECTS IN CHINA, NOTABLY THE ARREST OF MRS. MARTIN AND MCBAIN AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE CHINESE POLICY OF TAKING HOSTAGES.

2. IF REUTERS CONTEMPLATE TRYING TO RE-OPEN THE OFFICE AT SUME FUTURE TIME, THEY MIGHT WELL BE RELUCTANT TO MAKE TOO FORTHRIGHT A STATEMENT, BUT THE THOUGHT COULD BE GOT ACROSS BY INSPIRED COMMENT, FOR EXAMPLE IN THE TIMES OR ELSEWHERE. IN THIS CONNECTION, REUTERS HAVE PRESUMABLY CONSIDERED AND REJECTED THE POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENDING THEIR OPERATION HERE RATHER THAN FORMALLY CLOSING THE OFFICE. BY DOING SO, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO RESUME OPERATIONS MORE EASILY IF THEY THINK THE BREAK IS TO BE SHORT, BUT IF THEY EXPECT IT TO BE MORE PROLONGED THERE MIGHT BE ADVANTAGE IN FORMAL CLOSURE NOW, AND RENEGOTIATION LATER, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN SINO/BRITISH RELATION I PERSONALLY SEE BENEFIT (OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL) ONLY FOR THE CHINESE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF A REUTERS CORRESPONDENT HERE,

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REUTERS HAVE NOW DECIDED TO CLOSE THEIR PEKING OFFICE. THEY HAVE ASKED IF YOU WOULD THEREFORE PAY OFF THE THREEE CHINESE STAFF BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

2. THE STAFF ARE ENTITLED TO SEVERANCE PAY BASED ON ONE MONTH'S SALARY PER YEAR OF SERVICE. AS EACH SUCCESSIVE REUTER CORRESPONDENT HAS LEFT PEKING HE HAS PAID STAFF THE APPROPRIATE SEVERANCE PAY AS THEY ARE REGARDED AS PERSONAL SERVANTS, PRESENT STAFF ARE OWED SEVERANCE FROM APRIL 1967 WHEN GREY TOOK OVER. THIS AMOUNTS TO 275 (REPEAT 275) YUAN FOR KAO AND CHIAO AND TO 192 (REPEAT 192) YUAN FOR HOU AS ON 31 DECEMBER 1969. REUTERS SAY THAT IF DIPLOMATIC SERVICES BUREAU INSIST ON THREE YEARS SEVERANCE THEY WILL PAY IT.

3. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF DEPOSIT LEFT BY GREY IS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THESE PAYMENTS.

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16 December 1969

Reuters Limited 85 Fleet Street London EC4 Telephone 01-363 6060 Telex 24145

Dear Mr Wilson

Further to my letter of November 17, we have decided to wind up our affairs in Peking at the year end. The questions I asked in this letter about the disposal of Reuters effects in Peking can be dealt with in due course. There is, however, one matter that has to be dealt with by the end of the year and I should be grateful if you would convey the following instructions to the British Mission in Peking.

On the termination of their service with Reuters our three staff are entitled to severance pay based on one month per year of service. As each successive Reuter correspondent has left Peking he has paid the household staff the appropriate severance as these people are deemed to be employed personally. The severance pay owing to the present staff dates from April 1967 when Mr Grey took over. There follows a list of the staff and the severance pay owing on December 31, 1969:

Kao

earning 100 yuan a month,

severance pay due

275 yuan

Chiao

earning 100 yuan a month,

severance pay due

275 yuan

Hou

earning 70 yuan a month

severance pay due

192 yuan

We understand that the Diplomatic Services Bureau may insist on three years severance pay and if this is the case we are agreeable.

Yours sincerely

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I understand that Mr Grey left some money with the British Mission in Peking to meet outstanding commitments. If the balance is insufficient to meet these payments, we shall of course reimburse the Foreign Office in London.

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Office of the British Chargé

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Peking.

16 December, 1969.

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You will have seen Peking telegram No. 738 requesting your assistance in providing Tony Grey with background material on

He is particularly anxious the Cultural Revolution for his book.

to have chapter and verse on the purge of the "leftiata" who were in power at the time of his house arrest and the sacking of the Hission (Wang Li, Ch'i Pen-yu, Yao Teng-shan etc). I scen to recall, perhaps in Red Guard material, (that these people had hermed the reputation of China by their actions against

nation foreigners.

2. I hope you will be able to get in touch with Grey soon (c/o Hotel de la Plage Harrte des Pas, Jersey C.1.), and to

satisfy his requirement. I am afraid this may be a bit bothersome, but I think you will agree that it is in the general interest that his book should be based on a reliable factual groundwork.

I am copying this letter to Appleyard in F.E.D.

Miss Kathleen Draycott,

I.R.D.

(G. G. H. Walden)

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12 DECEMBER 1969

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WILSON' LETTER TO ALLAN OF 4 DECEMBER (NOT TO HONG KONG)

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GREY'S ZENITH WILL BE TAKEN TO HONG KONG SOMETIME IN JANUARY

AND HANDED BACK TO REUTERS THERE.

2. WALDEN HAS BEEN ASKED BY GREY TO SEND HIM HIS PINK BLANKET

AND PEKING REVIEWS FROM 1965 TO 1968 WHICH WHIGH 164

KILOS QUOTE BY FASTEST MOST CONVENIENT PUBLIC MEANS UNQUOTE

(ROSLING'S, NEWS DEPARTMENT LETTER OF 14 NOVEMBER).

WE CANNOT SEND THESE FROM HERE BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS BECAUSE

CUSTOMS WILL REFUSE THEIR TRANSMISSION. WE WILL THEREFORE

SEND THESE DOWN IN UNCROSSED BAG TO BDSMO HONG KONG ON

17 DECEMBER. PERHAPS THEY COULD ARRANGE IN CONSULTATION

WITH REUTERS TO SEND THEM ON BY COMMERCIAL MEANS.

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3. GREY HAS ASKED WALDEN FOR BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE

CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND I HOPE THEREFORE IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY

BEEN DONE HE CAN BE PUT IN TOUCH WITH IRDEN WHO MAY ALSO

BE ABLE TO SUPPLY SIX NUMBERS OF THE PEKING REVIEW WHICH ARE

MISSING.

4. GREY HAS ALSO ASKED WALDEN ABOUT HIS BOOKS, THESE WERE

CONFIDENTIAL

/SET ON

CONFIDENTIAL

SENT ON ↳ NOVEMBER TO REUTERS (SEE OUT TELNOS.676 AND 717).

5. WALDEN WILL BE WRITING TO GREY IN JERSEY IN THE NEXT BAG

MR. DENSON

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Far Eastern Department

9 December, 1969

I have now had a reply from Peking to the points raised in Mr. Judah's recent letter to me about the Reuters office in Peking.

James Allan, our Head of Chancery, visited Tony Grey's house recently with our Administration Officer. He found the furniture in a bad state of repair following the occupation of the house by public security guards and sees little chance of Belling it. Apparently the Mission are also trying to sell furniture in a similar condition to the Chinese who are not prepared to make an offer. They have decided therefore to burn it. Would you please give our Mission discretion to do this if they cannot obtain an offer from the Chinese.

James Allan also tried to reach the car but was unable to do this because a vat of manure was placed in front of the garage door! He fears, however, that the dust and cold of two Peking winters may have done their worst. As regards its disposal, the procedure is a little complicated but the Mission are making enquiries. They have suggested that if the car is not a write-

I would off, it might be worthwhile shipping it to Hong Kong.

The Mission have thought myself that this would be unprofitable. intends to collect the other items Grey left in the house (camera, radio, tape-recorder, etc.) shortly but would be grateful for any documentation you may have on the importation of the car and these other items.

Doon Campbell, Esq.,

Reuters,

85 Fleet Street,

London, E.C.4.

(C. Wilson)

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I have now had a reply/from Peking to the

points raised in Mr. Judah's recent letter to me

about the Reuters offiće in Peking.

James Allen, our Head of Chancery, visited Tony

Grey's house recently with our Administration Officer.

He found the furniture in a bad state of repair

following the occupation of the house by public

security guards and sees little chance of selling

it. Apparently the mission are also trying to sell

furniture in a similar condition to the Chinese who

are not prepared to make an offer. They have decided

therefore to burn it. Would you please give our

mission discretion to do this if they cannot obtain

an offer from the Chinese.

3. James Allen also tried to reach the car but was

unable to do this because a vat of manure was placed

in front of the garage door.

He They fears however,

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ful for any documentation you may have on the

importation of the car and these other items.

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Grey has asked whether it would be possible to send him a Zenith transistor radio which he left in his house. This is the radio which meant so much to him during his last few months of detention.

He is not in any great hurry for it, but Reuters have suggested that it might be possible for someone visiting Hong Kong to leave the radio at the Reuters office there.

3. Grey is very grateful for all the material which you have sent him by bag. For the moment he is living in Jersey writing his book and avoiding the tax collector. If you should wish to write to him his address is

Hotel de la Plage,

Havre des Pas

J. N. Allan, Esq.,

PEKING.

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REUTERS

Colin Wilson Esq

Far Eastern Department

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office -& DEC 1969

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Reuters Limited 85 Fleet Street London EC4 Telephone 01-353 6060 Telex 24145

Dear Chan

Nigel Judah wrote to you on 17 November asking whether the British Mission in Peking could assist Reuters in disposing of the car and the contents of the house should we decide to close our office.

As far as I can trace he has not yet had a reply but meantime Tony Grey has expressed a wish to recover the Zenith radio which became so important to him during the last months of his detention.

If it is not too much trouble we would be grateful if you could get the British Mission to have this sent either to London or taken out by some official visiting Hong Kong and left at our office there.

Kind regards.

4/12

Yours sincerely,

from

Doon Campbell

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Dear Colin,

Miami juu for your letter of 19 November about the Reuters office in Peking.

2. All is well with the servants until the end of December. On the other points, I recently visited Grey's house with the Administr...tion Officer. The furniture is in a pretty bad etate after the occupation of the house by the P3B guards and I cannot see any possibility of selling it. We ourselves are faced with a similar problem since the Chinese will not offer anything for "PB7 furziture which we want to get rid of and at this moment we are seeking permission to burn it.

3. I tried to see the car but as there was a vat of canure in front of the door of the garage I could not get in to start it up. (In the advertisements it would start at the first go but the dust and cold of two Pekin winters may have done their worst.) As to how to dispose of it assuming it is not a complete te off to procedure is

unclear. Luckily Korman Tebster, the Toronto Globe & Mail mon, is seeking to chan e cars and is therefore in negotiation with the Chinese. I have not told him explicitly the reason for zy interest but he has promised to keep me informed of prozess. He fears that the only precedent is that of AFP who had to export their car before importing a new one. This would sem to sweat that it might be best to seek to send the cur to Hong Kong, but the Chinese night be difficult if they saw this as part of the winding-up process. We will wryway try to extract the cameras, radio and tape- recorder in the course of the month so that the Chinese cannot be difficult about this. Incidentally, have Reuters any record of when and how the car and those items were imported into China?

You

السميد

J. N. Allan

Colin Wilson, Esq., Far Eastern Department, F.000.

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1 DECEMBER 1969

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO.717 OF 1 DECEMBER REL HONG KONG,

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работ

IN REPLY TO ENQUIRY BY THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, CUSTOMS

AUTHORITIES SAID THAT THESE BOOKS HAD BEEN CONFISCATED BECAUSE

** THE WERE UNFRIENDLY TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AND

PRESENTED FACTS IN A TWISTED WAY''. SINCE THE BOOKS INCLUDE

YOU MAY, SUBJECT

EDGAR SNOW'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER'', YOU MAY,

TO GREY'S OWN VIEWS, THINK IT APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE FACT

TO BECOME KNOWN IN LONDON AND HONG KONG THROUGH 1.R.D. CHANNELS.

MR. DENSON

FILES:

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PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFI

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OUR TEL 676. PLEASE INFORM GREY THAT CUSTOMS HAVE CONFISCATED

FOLLOWING OF HIS BOOKS FROM CONSIGNMENT SENT TO REUTERS:

TWO ISSUES OF CHINA QUARTERLY

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER

TIBET: RECORD OF A JOURNEY

HARVARD MONOGRAPH ON PARTY AND ARMY

TRAVELS IN CHINA AND JAPAN

MODERN CHINA.

MR.DENSON

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1672:

19 November, 1969

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Please refer to our telegram No. 389 of 5 November. enclose a letter from Mr. Judah of Reuters about their future plans for the Reuters office in Peking. As you can see, they have still not made up their minds but the chances are that the post will not be filled in the immediate future. I should be grateful therefore if you would pay the three servants their December salary and let me have your views on the possi- bility of disposing of the Reuters car and the contents of the house.

J. H. Allan, Esq.,

PEKING.

(C. Wilson)

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THE PEOPLE

19 OCT 1969

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Enter &.P

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The

"Man's inhumanity to man makes

countless thousands mourn

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2 1 NOV 1969

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MYE CHINESE TORTURE

Anthony Grey tells

-WORLD

his FULL story EXCLUSIVE

ہے نا

چرا که در شیخ

THE PEOPLE

19 OCT 1969 .

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I AM NOT ASHAMED to admit that in 26 long weary months f total isolation there were moments when I felt myself? odging near the brink of nervous collapse.

But one thing above all else sustained me in my battle against physical and mental surrender-the thought that one day I would be free to tell the world the truth about my incarceration as The Prisoner of Peking.

That day has come, at last. But even now it is difficult to find words to describe

the wretchedness and the misery of my life as a captive

of Chairman Mao's Red Guards.

Over the past few days I have tried to free my mind from prejudice and bitterness in an attempt to give an objective and dispassionate assessment of my ordeal.

Despite what has happened I do

not feel that all Chinese people are

uncivilised or sadistic. The cultural TOGETHER

revolution led to unprecedented turmoil, chaos and mass hysteria in China. Everybody was under per-

sonal pressure to show his loyalty

to the "proletarian" line of Mao.

I am a compassionate person and

feel that the ordinary man or woman in China is much the same as his or her counterpart in any other country-he wants a better life, better food and clothes,

LOUES

But this feeling does not enable me to forgive the mindless vindic- tiveness meted out to me both by the Red Guards and the public security men who watched over me for two years.

They were a bunch of louts- hostile, contemptuous, vicious and vindictive.

It is true that, apart from the roughing-up I had when the Red Guards burst into my house on August 18, 1967, they never laid a Anger on me. I emerged from captivity two weeks ago without a scratch on my body.

But in terms of sheer mental torture which they so cleverly 'inflicted upon me they proved themselves worthy successors to some of those sinister Chinese figures of the past who knew a thing or two about the gentle art of persuasion.

Torture, Chinese style, does not wound the body. But it leaves some scars on the mind.

AGAIN. Antrony

Grey and this girl friend girlfriend Shitley McGuin

frantic by a guard sitting a few feet from me on the other side of a thin door. All night, without stopping, he went on sandpapering the stem of his pipe.

Scrape, scrape, scrape it went on, hour after hour. A gentle noise, but in the still of the night my frayed nerves could inally stand it no longer.

I leaped out of bed, flung open the door and yelled at the man to stop it. I went back to bed and waited trembling.

The guard came in, switched on the light and glowered over me for several minutes. It was unnerving.

At last he left the room. But my act of defiance was rewarded the next day by the cancellation of my exercise period for two days.

No matter how long I live I doubt if I shall ever forget the faces of some of my guards-such as the one I nicknamed "Pervert Jaw"-a description which suited not only his appearance but his attitude towards me. He spat con- tinually and revoltingly.

Everything that happened to me during my 26-month ordeal was recorded in diaries which I secretly wrote and hid and managed to

One night I was driven almost bring home with me. I wrote them

PTO

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in old exercise books in a rough shorthand which would be difficult for anyone else to understand, Whenever I was writing I made sure I had a copy of a Chinese ¡ewspaper handy to cover up the solt if a guard came in. And at nights I hid the books under my mattress.

Later in my story, I shall disclose some of these diary entries, which reveal my innermost thoughts as I struggled against the mind-numb- ing effects of loneliness and isola- tion.

For me the tragedy and the terror of my long imprisonment is still symbolised in the name of my little pet cat, Ming-Ming.

I have already disclosed how Ming-Ming met his end on that terrible day when the Red Guards -

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They

dragged my

cat's body round me on a string

IT WAS ALL PART OF THEIR VINDICTIVE DRIVE TO CRUSH MY SPIRIT

burst into Reuters' house in Peking and put me on what

I suppose was a mock trial

* "reactionary, imperial- 1st Journalist."

And that ghastly moment when I was ordered to rika to find the body of my dead cat hanging by a clothes-line only Inches from my face will gamain with me forever.

BUT THAT. I am sorry to kay, is only half of the awful story, The barbarlly did not end there. Lel me key to recall the grim catalogue of events as they happened.

After my humillation on the front steps of my house I was hustled back into the house to see the handiwork of the guards. It was an incredible sight.

The walls were dripping with black paint and glus where the guards had been daubing slogans and putting un poštera,

Windows had been boarded contained a little desk and a

up to prevent them opening, and even the glass panes had been painted over with thick, black paint to exclude the light of day. There were por-

traits of Chairman Mao on practically every wall, SLOGANS

There

black paint everywhere. I was led up to my bedroom, where they | proudly showed me that they ;

· had even daubed slogans on· my bed.

Half the house had been sealed off; the doors had been closed and Chinese sexis stuck across to prevent entry. But the worst moment

· came when' I was taken through to a small room downstairs which had been previously used by my driver, It was really only a vestibula between an outer and an inner door and approximately 8-ft. square.

It was stone-doored and

low bunk about one foot from the floor on which my driver used to take a little siesta after lunch.

It was an old battered bunk with broken springs · sticking through.

As I stood in the middle of the room, my mind in a tur- moil, there was a sudden commotion at the door, What happened next was sheer

horror.

A Red Guard matched

the TOOM into

dracsing behind him the dead body of Ming-Ming still attached same clothes-line to the which they had used hang him.

This lout, eyes

blazing with excitement and hatred, marched round the extrem- ities of the room dragging the body of the poor litle animal along the Hoor as though he was symbolically marking out the new living- space to which I was being restricted.

PTO

CONTID

I felt sick inside as I watched this terrible scene,

I could see that Ming-Ming's beautiful white fur was now Ky and grimy after being dragged through the dust

And

then 1 made kening discovery. I sud- Cesty realised that the cat had not only been hanged but stabbed as well. I could see tiny spots of blood that had

dripped apparently from the body as it wa tralled around the room.

MACADRE

But the Chiness were by no means finished with their grisly little came. As Anal macabre touch they lifted the body of the dead cat on to the bed that I was going to use that night and allowed a few spots of blood to fall on it.

I suppose that in thela own peculiarly twisted way they were trying to increase the impact of his death upon MC. In that they certainly 1 succeeded.

I felt numb with horTOZ and I just stood there in- wardly cursing myself for not having the foresight to throw Ming-Ming on to a neighbouring rooftop before the guards burst into my house.

new that as part of thelz so-called cultural revo- lution they always made a point of killing of dogs and cats because they regarded pets

Just another bourgeois habit which had to be eliminated.

months many later when I come across d sad reminder of the slaying of Ming-Ming. 7 found a pair of scissors in a drawer

-covered to the hilt in a strange brown-coloured de- posit and strands of fur.

I am convinced that this was the weapon used to stab him to make him bleed.

THE events of that terrible day were a peculiar mixture of brutality and ! farce.

MY SO-CALLED TRIAL 3

-reactionary Imperialist journalist ** was based 07 three charges-all of them so utterly banal and Judi- almost to defy belief in Western mladı.

crowd were jostling

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and screaming at me tid obviously hurling all kimila et allegations, There wa even au interpreter present who obligingly shouted out the charges detailing the terrible crimes I had com mitted.

"You have drunk alcohol in your house," he bawled.

This was quickly followed up by an even'more crush- "You have ing indictment, despised the paper tiger we hung on your gate," he yelled.

Some weeks before the Red Guards had, in fact, strung up a paper tiger on the gate and I imagine someone must have noticed me pointing it out to a friend and possibly grinning as I did it

The last charge was a real *You have been classic.

around sneaking

yout house," yelled the crowd. My own house!

They were obviously re ferring to my nightly trip downstairs to bed-down Ming-Ming. I tried to avoid attention because guards in the courtyard were in the habit of shining torches at

me.

Eventually I was taken into the house and into the washroom adjoining the B-ft. square room that was to become my cell for three months.

DEFIANCE

Two photographers came up and stood in front of me. The crowd then came into the house and into the washroom and started

shouting at me: "Bow your head, bow your head."

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ful to submit voluntarily to 14 humillation.

When they saw I wouldn't bow my head they came : round behind me, knocked my hands from my hips and forced my head down, while their charming Press men fred of Nashbulbs and took my picture with my head bowed down.

left Eventually, I was alone in my 8-11, square

room, the walls festooned with slogans and posters. I had a handkerchief and I tried to get off the black paint they had daubed me with as best I could.

When I eventually crawled into that broken-down bed that night I felt the most desolate and lonely man in the world. Oddly enough, I fell into a deep sleep and didn't know anything until

six o'clock, the following morning.

Breakfast was brought at 10 o'clock, and consisted of two slices of dry bread and a little bit of scrambled egg and black coffee,

Lunch consisted of vege- tables, a bowl of soup and dry bread, There was no butter, no milk, cheese of fruit, and meat only once a day in the evenings.

For three months I lived

in that awful little room. I was never allowed out and I was never given any exercise. I could ro into the wash- room, and the only way I could get any exercise was to walk from my uny cell up to the bath in the washroom. I could make exactly 8) paces that way and this was the only exercise I Was ever allowed to take for three months.

DURING TRIS TIME I exer- started doing yoga elses twice a day on a blan- ket stretched out

the atone floor. It was of tre- mendous value in helping me to keep a calm mind la

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This was the first oppor- tunity I had to defy them in any way and I simply stood with my hands on my hips looking levelly at them, I refused to bow my head voluntarily although I don't mind admitting I was trem- bling a little bit and wonder- . a altuation where I some- ing what was going to happen.

I do not regard myself as

terribly brave man wildly patriotic. I love my country and I respect the Queen, but I was determined

times felt on the verge of panic.

Living in these conditions it was not surprising that I fell ill with a stomach con- dition.

The guards summoned a doctor and from that point on the food improved-not through any sense of com- passion on the part of my captors, I'm sure, but on the

simple precept that a dead

* hostage is no good to any-

one.

Suddenly, on November 3,

1967. the "Representatives of the Master

came and

afterwards I was moved into

a room 12-ft, squara,. <

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The floor was bare and at eye-level in front of me was a Binckboard balanced on two chairs on which slogans had been written threaten- Ing all imperialists. The

miy other furniture was A- Angie bed and a small table.

Soon after this I was allowed to exercise in the courtyard for the first time. It was an improvement and helped to lift my spirits a Utile.

But perhaps the most diabolical feature of my treatment was the way in which my guards played cal-and-mouse with me oper letters.

They seemed to take a positive delight in torturing ma by holding back letters which I knew had arrived for me.

Between November 17 to Christmas, 1967, I received NO letters at all-yet I knew that my mother was writing regularly.

En nine months I had only two letters, both from my mother. She had written many more.

ICED-UPS

In May, 1963, I asked them if I could write letters my- self. After due deliberation they came back and sald grandly that they would 210w me to write ONE letter only per month to

my mother or wife."

was told that it I wrote a latter it would be taken to the Foreign Ministry and peruss by them before I would be allowed to send it. . It was taking anything up

to six or eight weeks for my Letters to reach home,

By the same token the delivery of letters to me was becoming more and more infrequent It was clear to me that the hold-up was occurring not only, in the Chinese Foreign Ministry where they were read, but in my own house.

Sometimes I would ba walking back and forth to my room from the exercise yard and i would see my letters lying on the table in a room occupied by guarda.

One day when, I was actually walking in the yard. I

the paper come through a silt in the outside door. The paper and two letters fell down right in front of my very oyoL, could nes that one esme from * Canadian COTTO- spondent friend in East Berlin.

The guard came running

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THE PEOPLE

19 OCT 1959

out of the house when he NEXT WEEK

saw what had happened and picked up the letters and, in a pathetle sort of way, tried

to hide them inside the newspaper.

I never did see that letter, What I could never understand was the unte- lenting hostility of the guards towards me. Take the

revolting "Pervert Jaw." He was a repulsive creature to look at, with narrow eyes and a vast jutting jaw and gaping lower lip. Nobody can help his appearance, but his behaviour was inex- cusable.

He and his companions occupied my dining-room. Some of them slept there on camp beds.

But they were able to watch me through the door of my 12-foot room which always had to be left open. The door on the other side of the room, which led to the washroom, also had to be left open so that they could watch me.

Whenever I moved I wAL under their hostile, malero- lent glare.

And Pervert Jaw was one of the most hostile of all He never displayed any- thing but contempt and hostility towards me.

HADITS

He had some unpleasant personal habits and seemed to take great pleasure in annoying me with them.

He was always hawking and spitting in the most dis- gusting manner, as all the guards did in the adjoining room. They had a spitoon on the floor by my cocktail cabinet and they used it continually.

BY CONTRAST, the tall guard I nicknamed Peking Man was a great lumbering lout He wore big, heavy boots and clumped around the house like an elephant.

He had an unnerving effect on me because I felt that he had an abnormal look in his eye. When he was on duty during my exercise period in the yard he would stare at me in a peculiar way.

Then, suddenly, without warning he would lash out with a tremendous kick try- ing to reach the palm of his right hand, which was ex- tended just above his head rather

can-can dancer. Quite inexplicable.

It was a crazy altuation. but there was nothing I could do. They were deter- mined to be "bloody-ininded..

How I staged races

with my ants to keep my sanity.

The secrets 1 re- corded in my hid- den diaries.

✪ How

How CAN

CAN anyone

survive two years of solitary confine- ment?

O First days of freedom, and Anthony Grey makes a sentimental visit (right) to the British mission in Peking, burnt out at the height of China's anti- Brijala campaign when he Was arrested.

What the Red Guards did (left) to the mission at the time of the Midāle East war in 1967. Im- perialist Agures hang all around while clay effigies of President Johnson, xa Israeli politician zad Moshe Dayan as "the one- syed dog of imperialism TM ara roped together in front,

THE PEOPLE

26 OCT 1969

PORTRAIT OF A PRISONER

Anthony Grey's

astonishing account of

HOW I STOPPED

The utter loneliness of total isolation was Grey's worst torment, He fought it by hold- ing

conversations

with himself in the mirror. (He's pictured here reconstructing the scana).

MYSELF GOING MAD'

Free after 26 months' house arrest by the Chinese Communists in Peking, British jour- nalist Authony Grey, 31, reveals exclusively to The People the secrets of the special kind of "Chinese tortura" he endured,

I KNOW that people who talk to them- solves are often considered to be in the first stages of mental decay.

But at the height of my 26 months of crushing isolation and loneliness as The Prisoner of Peking I decided that if I was to preserve my mind and sanity I simply had to talk to someone

even if it was only myself!

It may sound ridiculous now, but I say in all sincerity that convers2- tions with myself played a vital role in helping ma to KEMP my sealty.

Indeed. I became a rogu- Jaz Pater Sellers during those weany months of de- tention in a drab, 12-foot- square

which Chinese blandly described to the world as my home."

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For not only did I chat to myself, but I conducted the Conversations in a variety different sccents, which may not hava tion up to the Seller's mandard of mimi- CIY. out which certainly helped to relieve the mind- mumsung boredom and frus- texta of my detention.

One minute I was a fast- MAL: BA End Cockney, the next a typical Sellers- tana Azmian immigrant. At Güler times I became vociferous Irishman.

PEOPLE

sign language, and even this limited contact

dis couraged as much as possible.

Was

For a long time the only newspaper I was allowed was the People's Daily, the official party newspaper, printed of › course in Chinese,

Nalled up

For the first 23 months I was confined in a tiny, sight- foot square room on the lower floor of my house in Peking.

All the windows were nalled up to prevent them

opening, and practically all the panes of glass were painted black to exclude the light of day. The only view I had was into the grey high-wailed courtyard.

T had to sit an my bad and

In this terrifying predica- ment I had to apply myself

to one all-important task: the question of survival.

I had to consider how I

· could preserve mind and sanity in the face of appal- ling and mounting mental pressures.

! Of course, there was DO precise point in my captivity

where I said: "Right, I wil now start to talk to myself." I think it all happened naturally if that is the right word as part of my determined campaign fight

back

against the

various pressures which the Chinese sought to impose On 148.

I decided that at all costs I had to devise methods of occupying my mind, other- Wise I would be in real danger of losing my sanity.

I think my conversalons with myself really started in the washroom one day when I caught sight of my resoc- tion in the mirror. My face was pale and drawn and I was wearing an awful old Jacket.

I peered closely into the mirror and I said: "You are an extremely bizarre-looking character, Grey."

After that I became in creasingly talkative with myself, employing a variety of accents which I strove to perfect as the weeks went

wold exclusive take my food off the only 1 by

If you think this sounds odd, please try to unday- stand my conditions.

It is difficult, even for Journailst like myself, to ex- plain the teal horror of my situation. It was nothing less than solitary confine- Isent For more than two years I was completely and uttedly alone.

I was totally cut off from

outside world and rounded by a group of sta ing, hate-alled guards who were living in my house, sleeping in my rooms and wing my furniture. They spoke no English and I spoke no Chinese.

I had to make my wishes known through my cook, who Just knew a few words of Beglish. On most occasiona I had to communicate by

chair in the room. Although I had the use of an adjoining washroom it was impossible to take a bath because the Red Guards who invaded my house on August 18, 1957, had painted the sides of the bath and the paint had run down and collected in the bottom.

Later I was moved to larger room it actually it actually measured 12 feet square!

BUT the greatest misery of my plight was the Way

Information was deliberately

甘身 kept from

In this situation, cut off from the ontside world, my mind was constantly plagued by nag- clas

of thoughts

what MIGHT happen to me.

Would the Chinese put ma on trial as a spy? Would I eventuzily be sentenced to a long term of imprisonment? I had no means of knowing

Altad 100.

Sometimes I even spoke to myself in French and Ger- man... anything to intro- duce a littlo novelty and change into my drab life.

But my most entertaining exchanges undoubtedly took

place in the washroom when I stared into the mirror and addressed mysel variety of matters.

I took considerable pleasure in imitating the masty and highly omcious interpreter who called on me shority before I received the three consular visits from the British Mission.

گو هستم

Astomsion

THE PEOPLE

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I knew that the crushing disappointments which would come to me as each

I would stand stiffly to attention in front of the Butter, screw up my eyes and in a heavily decentest [ week pissed with successive

You I would address my-

thus:

Grey, I am instructed to tell you that at 4 o'clock today you will receive a visit from two officials of the British Charge d'Affaires ofice... You must abide by the following regulations regulations

etc., etc.

It was pure goonery on my part and I enjoyed every minate of A

I took care to ensure that the guards could not over- hear these littla tête-à-têtes otherwise they might have thought I really had gone round the bend.

Later, I came to regard my talks with myself as a kid of enjoyabis mental therapy. Not only did they occupy my mind, but I WAS able to amuse myself by in- duiging in my liking for mlastery.

It is difficult to remember actual conversations, but I recall that I used to tell Jokes to myself in specifc accents.

And I often drew alderable comfort from re citing the Lord's Prayer in abroad Irish brogue.

I had heard Irish priests Catholle saying it in churches in Britain and I' had always enjoyed the rich

Âm their voices.

ITEK A -----

in my loan detention came

the last two months of CEST-Ava months site: being placed under house artest.

By then I had to face up to the Awdi pealantion.

hupes dashed would have

been too much for me to

bear.

26 OCT 1969

So I reasoned with myself that my hopes would have to be projected very much Into the future on a long- term basis, in that way I might be able to survive.

The immediate problem was to occupy my mind in some meaningful way. But what can a man do when he la conôned to an area 12-ft. square?

For instance, I received a daily newspaper which, at

that point in time, I couldn't possibly read bar a. faw well-known Chinese characters. But there were

other uses to which I could| put the People's Daily, which Js regarded by Chinese Communists something akin to holy writ

I had a pair of nail scis-. sors, and by judicious fold- ing and cutting of the paper, I was able to turn th People's Daily into a string of paper dollies!

It was a pastime which amused and occupied me for a time. Had the guards dis- covered what I was doing they would have been out- raged a thought which cava an added relish to the whole enterprise.

It was Httle things like this that helped me combat my oppressive condnemanu

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most artista enterprise

the nude jzmate figura which attempted to carve out of a bar of soap/

I used a mall Ale si a tool, and I spent endless kouts Hylang to perfect a Sump & delocatie 22present

The terrible emptiness of each succeeding day impres- sed itself deeply on my mind. From waking to sleeping there 14:25 absolutely mothing for ma to do except listen to the guards singing, catchy Httle numbers like

East 1 Red" chanting Mao slogans.

I felt clone and aban- doned and for the first time I began to wowy endously about the effect it would have on my mental Erabilty.

I passed through moments Ge netp-despilt when I really began to fear that I might never ses my home, family and friends again.

Ly Zabruary, 1908, I had roused myself and forced myself to fight back.

I realised that I would have to reappraise my whole straleny and outlook if I was going to survive mentally. To co on hoping that my petcase was about to be granted in a few days of even a few weeks would have resulted in emotional

female

My Arst attempt to sculpt went extremely well until I reached the lady's posterior. I was so absorbed in producing what I thought was going to be a particu- iarly splendid bottom that I accidentally broke off one of "bar jega.

Comoarmed

It is strange how men under stress can derive in- spiration and comfort from the most unlikely sources. If King Robert the Bruce had his spider in the cave, then I at least had my ants in the "cell."

I fest spotted them drag- ging the wing of a dead moth across the noor.

My Arst reaction on seeing all these ants was to stand on them and kill them. But then I realised that these were the only other living creatures in my drab and miserable room, 60 why should I kill them?

Here was a source of in- terest which I could use to divert my mind from the misery of my plight.

I noticed that when I had

my breakfast of dried bread and scrambled egg the ants were particularly interested in the crumbs which fell from my table-or rather the chair which served as my table.

It occurred to me that by using breadcrumbs ar balt it would be possible to stage my own ant races. So I lined up breadcrumbs at equal distances from the ant hole and stood back to watch the dash for the bread.

Thus, the first Peking Ant Derby was born.

I found it an absorbing and fascinating diversioa. i took a great interest in the behaviour of the ants. Some Teze extremely fast and even in avoiding obstacles on their way to the bread. others were plain stupid.

Each morning I carefully placed three, four or half

! dozen specks of bread in a | Ane half-way across the cell

and waited.

Deliberato

The ants came sourn from their hole in the cor- ner, their movements quick and deliberate. They soon came upon the breadcrumbs and started making tracks for home with them

I used to make mental bets on them and became totally absorbed by their progress.

One day I would perhaps put my money. Aguratively speaking, on, may, Ant No. 1, larly fast and At. Even so, who seemed to be particu-

I would become annoyed with other runners" who kept dragging their crumbs into a crevica,

I was quite concerned and I remember dashing off to haid ber under the water- tap to effect runnlag repairs. Goodness knows what the psychiatrists are going to

make of that, but for mel

I remember muttering to sculpturing in soap was just ona unheeding ant: "If you another means of occupying don't show ■ little more my time and I had plenty sense I shall probably ba of that

forced to kill you."

I kept this little gure in a jacket pocket until only * few weeks ago when I re- discovered in. It reminded me so forcibly of the awful - mental poverty of that time that I broke it up and used it to wash my sockal

In fact, I did once kill one, but was later filled with remorse.

I must admit that, suz- veyed from the comfort and security of one's own home, this kind of behaviour can look strange and irrational.

But in the environment to which I had been thrust by my captors it was absolutely vital that I found something to do.

ABOUT eight months after my arrest I started secretly to compile crosswords an odd pleces of paper.

Unknown to my guards I had, in fact, managed stealthily to fish one of my own ballpoint pens and, later, a pencil.

These were particu valuable to me and I safe- guarded them like precious stones.

Scissors

I used them sparingly, be- cause I knew that my chances of getting replace- ments were slim, and then it would be impossible to go On keeping my secrat diary.

Even now I still have the remnants of the pencil which I sharpened down to the last half-inch)

At this stage, the lead slipped back every time I put it to paper. But I over- came this problem by push- ing the lead back with a pair of nail scissors which I inserted into the other end of the penell

I had to keep the scissors there when I wrote-other- wise the last precious hati- inch of lead slipped back into the pencil.

In my predicament even 2 half-inch of

of old p bepime treasured

El are OTE KOTLA extracts from Grey's diary: Nov. 11, 1967. 12.40 p.m.

Today the text anow tell, was only alight. Yesterday: was overjoyed to get a

Chiao (the bo subterfuge due to his 1207

On November ↑ I didn't shave for the first time and today. after four days, something of a stubble is apparent on my face. It can't yet be called à . beard!

I have just read the English- language Peking Review-a long

· 20-page article by Lin Plao Chok No. 2) called "Long Live People's War."

But how I long for news papers and books without Mao's quotations in themi

The newspaper (The People's Daily) has begun to put Mao's quotations on the front, and sometimes on every other page, with artistio mock-ups of the aun's rays shining out of them to illustrate the slogan " Chair- Iman Mao is the Great Red Sun in Our Hearts." It just gets orasler and oranler.

Lafa la dat and quiet and I long for some amall en couragement. My mood ja basically calm and my feelinga Waver between thinking-

(1) That the Chinesa MADE release me around the six-month mark or textiga that they will tradition of

jeopardisa Internati between cou

Prou relations

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(10)

CONTIN

Ёсн

Feeling that the mora into the new 10-fi-square room. and the other changed condi- vets only to make it per

have lost the power exeon things out clearly Chap 1 havn no informa- X any kind.

how i long for newspapers and books and magazines above all else.

tour

I have been worrying bic about mother since setting only her second letter months and that I can't get home to help her.

THE PEOPLE

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26 OCT 1959

ANY two words in A tight strained volco in answer to Hopson's inquiry-" All right"

I was allowed only 20 minutės with them Ther SAYA MASY sages from home and I used to tell them conditions.

Hopson said: "I can't tell pon that your release is just around the comes, but the situation is

Improving

Although there is obviously no likelihood of release FOOD this viele has encouraged me greatly. It was a and moment more. for me when they had to leave, before Twenty minutes passed like a

dash today asking help from God that I be released.

prayed

rehemence than

ever

April 23, 1963. 1.15 p.m.

Today the nine-month spell · of isolation was broken] Donald Hopson (British charge d'aukire) and John Waston

sited.

About 3.30 p.m. an interpreter entered my room and said: am instructed to tell you that today, at 4 o'clock, two obicials of the onca of the British charge d'afalzes will visit you'

Storing Mercely at ma ha in-

toded in cilpped and heavily sccented English the four in- structions which I had to abide by.

They were: 1. You must tra standard English. 2. You must not exchange any documents, letters or papers. 3. You must not record or take photographs. 4. We reserve the right to ter- mitate the interview at any

I fall the last condition was uttered in such a way as to in- timidate me during the vült

Thirty-dve minutes later I was led into what was once my dining-room and in which the guards had been living.

It was nine months since I

had seen a friendly, non-Asian face. I heard the gate bell ring And I stood up quietly from the chair into which I had been ordered, and glanced through the window.

Hopson and John," I breathed to myself-I was in- mediately struck by the fineness of thale suis as they stood talk- ing with the quarta just inside the

This contrasted sharp:3 with drah Chiesse Mothing.

rsen Donald Hopsow's rich booming voice Wu saying: * How "äre you, Tony?" as ha strode through the door and grasped my hand. John Weston followed and grasped the other hand as the guards looked impassively.

This was the end of pine months of total isolation and a very emotional moment for eventually managed to

June 20, 1968. 730 pum.

Sock-washing day! Another week "gone. Now on verge of 11-month anniversary of detan- ttoo. Desperately want some encouragement and sign of hope for release.

On the 18th a letter from Shirley which aid: "I hope wa will be together very soon now." It was probably just wishful thinking on her part but helps in a wAJ.

I am furious this afternoon about the ridiculous way in which the letter to my mother is being hold up. Tomorrow it will be 18 days since I handed it over to the guards to take to tha Poreign Ministry.

How bloody-minded that they should hold up such a simple letter for which my mother la desperately waiting.

Cot, 1, 1968.

18.30 am,

As I write I can hear tha annual celebration of the Com- munist take-over herà in China.

From the Tien An Men Square (Oste of Heavenly Peace) half a mile away I can hear the voice of Lin Pião com ing across the rooftops by loud- speaker. The crowds chanting the usual slogans. Very boring!

Nov. 28, 1968. 8 p.m.

This afternoon my second ONSHİAT VİRİK. It has dashed my hopes of release that hava been bullding up for months TLÓW. I hardly know how to chlak of the next few months, It was foolish to let my hopes go so high

The shock of he visic which clearly removes all hope of an early re- loasa in a heavy blow,

+ · ■

PTO.

CCENTS

"Cuttin~-dated,

THE PEOPLE

26 OCT 1969

나

1 EVEN STAGED AN AN RACE IN MY ROOM'

ANTHONY GREY continues the story of his Chinese torture

Throughout his detention Grey kept a diary of events, secretly written in shorthand and hidden under his mattress. Back home, he looks at this record of his ordeal with his girl-friend, Shirley McGulan.

One of Grey's most treasured possessions was this stub of pencil-at one time all he had for writing, Finally he bad to hold a pair of sclusões with it to hold the load in place.

The secrets of my smuggled diaries

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O Grey wrote his diaries secretly in old exercise books, hid them under his bed and managed to smuggle them ant with him on his release. He wrote them in shorthand for extra secrecy. This extract (above) is from his entry for August 31, 1967, describing the incident of his "arrest" by Red Guards.

It includes these words: "At this time, the dead body of my cat was lowered on a rope from the roof or balcony above; it was dangling in my face as I bena over. There had been jeering and applause, and I think this must have been as Ming-Ming 2005 being strangled above."

'It was nine

months since

I had seen a friendly face'

Cha

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THE PEOPLE

2 NOV 1969

CONFESS, CONFESS!!

streamed my

Chinese jailers impolite to a 16- year-old guard

Amiliony Groy's OWN story

O British journalist Anthony Grey committed Eno crime, but for 26 months he was kept prisoner by the Chinese Communists in one small room in Peking-a pawn

in international politics. Today, free at last in Britain, he continues the moving story of his ordeal of isolation, frus tration-and unrelenting hatred.

Me arrogant ? At that time I had been under their heel for 22 wretched and

miserable months during which time they had done many things, short of physical

7.7

1 violence, to crush my spirit. How could they imagina

I had any arrogance left in me?

This incident involved a new guard, a boy of 18 or 17, who was, obviously, keen to make an impression on this "reactionary newsman."

Every time he looked at me he did so with a hatred and contempt designed to show that he, at least, was in the forefront of the battle against the "class enemy."

My 'crime'... I'd been

Even last Juno,

THE HOSTILITY of those Chineso guards never let up.

four months before my release, I was suddenly brought before them only four months before my released was study by and confronted with that sinister demand {cared by nearly all political priser... CONFESS 1

In there, I wasn't being asked to admit to spying or sabotage of sedition. They wanted me to confers to being "rude and arrogant "-to a 16-year-old guard !

It was clear that the young- ster was trying to provoke me into doing something in front of a witness. I longed to belt the pair of them, but I knew would only have brought a it would only have brought criminal charge against me,

Eventually I went downstairs,

One day he came into my office upstairs and stood and, stared at me, his eyes ablaze with contempt. Thoroughly | But soon afterwards the official fed up and angry. I stared | interpreter suddenly appeared on the scene and I know there right back at him.

was trouble.

He had the advantage since he was standing and I was sitting down. The minutes passed by like hours 11

glared at each other.

I had never spoken directly to any of my guards and after several minutes I decided to say something to see what effect my voice would have on him.

Provocation

I said, quietly, but firmlys, "What do you want?*

He said nothing in reply, but three or four minutes ister he suddenly turned on his heel and went out of the room. As far as I was Cón- cerned, there was no clear, winner to this clash of minds,

But next morning he entered

my room with another guard: and the pair of them drew up

chairs and sat down opposita me at my desk, They sit chin In hand, staring insolently at me from a distance of only two or three feet

I was brought before the guards and this teenager stood In front of me, he started shouting.

The Interpreter stepped for ward and said to me:

**Yester day you were arrogant and shouted at this guard."

I kept very calm and I re- plied quietly: "I was not arro- gant and I did not shout."

"You should confess to being arrogant and Impolite to this EuRrd," the interpreter per- alsted.

Unnerving

I refused and these exchanges continued for several minutes,

It was unnerving for me, be- cause I did not know how far the Chinese were prepared to go to get a confession. Never- theless I was determined not to submit to this humiliation.

Eventually the interpreter came up with what appeared to be a face-saving formula which set us all out of a tricky

altuntion,

Ita solemnly warned ine that I would have to bear in mind for the future his WAINING about my behaviour.

I realised that this didn't ¦ commit me to mything and so I said that I would be prepared to bear his remarks to mind-

THE WHOLE THING was a ludicrous charade. But it was a striking example of the Chlaese outlook towards foreigners, and especially Westerners,

Since my return to Britain ¦ people have asked ma to ex- plain why the Chinese, with their great traditions as the oldest civilisation on

on earth, behave with such barbarity to people who have committed ng ! crime against them.

Are they completely careless about their image in the out- side world?

The Chinese are a complex people and it is Impossible to Fire * satisfactory Answer briefly.

But I L A fact thai phụ Chinese people have been con- ditioned by their Communist masters Into total and blind acceptance of anything that the Party lays down,

They are not worried about what the Western world thinks, because in their eyes the only opinion that counts is that of Chairman Mao and other pro- Peking resolutionaria.

PTO

It is the greatest example of mass indoctrination that the world has ever seen. To these people Chairman Mao is a god- cure who can do bo

has been achieved by a propaganda. campaign

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THE PEOPLE

- 2 NOV 1969

At the beginning of the not summer in 1968 I asked if I could have one window open all - night to let in some air. They Agreed, and even installed wire screen scross the open window to keep Insecta oUL

The screen was held in place

Sevim

which goes on day and night, ; by only one pail year after year. The people, four-diths of whom are pend- ants, live their Bres in a total stmosphere of propaganda.

I have seen" it and heard it myedit. Even la may

- call

( Peking I could hear loudspeakers blaring out endless elllogies of Chair- man Mao across the roof-

topa

And 10 nowspapers. Alms, books and tele- Vison not a day goes by fuisoma

and detalled tribute to the achievements

maa Mão.

It is a simple but nghteningly

sliding all Information from the outside world and pump- "

unending

stream of propaganda, the Communists have been able totally to los doctrinate the largest sation on earth.

Even now the Chinese people do 201 know oficially that man has walked on the moon/ But everyone knows that Chair man Mao is the "great red sun in our hearta."

I HAD BEEN under house arres for almost three months when I received a visit from an interpreter at the Public Security Bureau. He came into my tiny room with three guards.

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He ordered me to get out my Httle red book of Chairman Mao's quotations weten knew I had on the shelf to- ether with four volumes of Cao's selected works.

He informed ma that I must join them in the road- ing of soma of Mao's quota tions. I flatly refused.

the

The interpreter and guarda got more and more angry but i would not yield. Eventually I mud: "I am your prisoner and I can't leave chia room. if you start reading. then there is nothing I can do but stand here and ilsten-but I am not going to read."

They were furious, but they had to socept this. The guarda tried their little red books "high up in front of their (LCEL and started to rend loudly and * aggressively in Chiness with

the, interpreter.

Is was a comical and farCICAL aerise, DECUse the interpreter had a red book in each hand- one in Chinose Lod the other the Koglwb translation.

Be would hold up the Chinese version and read with the guarda. Then he would lower that book, raise the English ver sion and read out the trane lation for my beneit

Bvery proner, DO matter what his circumstances, at some time thinks of escapa

I thought carefully about all tive possibilities but finally olded it was quite impossible.

Nevertheless, I worked out plan for a limited escape which,

with fuck, would get me

the British Mission.

1 Agured that in an emer- gency 1 could get through this window under cover of dark- ness and Into the yard outside.

There was a ladder in A corner of the yard where coal was stacked and I planned to use this to gain access to the rooftops of adjoining buildings and thence to the street below.

I then planned to skirt or swim the most surrounding the Forbidden City, steal L bicycle and ride the three or four milies to the British Mission.

But of course there would have been little guarantee of JAGCLINGY Hven in the mission. In most countries the pre- mises of foreign missions or

KA regarded foreign territory which cannot be violated. But the Chinese would not have been deterred by much diplomatie alcetins Banco salna in to get me

I never did put my plan into operation.

NEXT SUNDAY: The shametul facts of how Mao's mob burned down the British Mission

GREY'S CHRISTMAS DIARIES

Here are more extracts from Phe diaries which Grey secretly wrole during his detention:

DECEMBER 24, 1847.

6 DES ETC.

Christ- Just before I was given the good news that 1 could send cables the sign boarda in my room (hinckboards with com- munist stogas

chalked them) were changed.

The first new one sold: perialism will not last long bes ewise it always does evil things," The other! * All reactionaries Are paper tigers Had half-expected them to 147: * A happy Christmas to all our fenders."

LATE

DECEMBER 31, 1967. diary entry of the bad year 1967, Am hopeful that 1968 will bring better days, but i am also aware that my ordeal may not be over by a long way. Yesterday I pat my tiny elecizie dite going and for the Gnt time 1 waa khla tó abandon my heavy dost In the OVCHINIA.

1 kave just drunk a New Year toast - la WaTis water from mi Vacuum Bask! - to my nather, family and girl-Celend | hophie that this la polkg to be a better Your for us all.

As I write the door of my room I upen and the head ganzd in MEETING IN A Chair in the passager way eight feet away from nie Ku to also drinking hot water from a Bank but I think be bas joms tan in his |

DECEMBER 13, 1968 afternoon, haring wited more than two weekes for a dartur LO Come and nee me, a small temps of neutral people descended on

Twe wamen nocturn in Whita ORDA MAKs and overalls exante ined two from top to toe, ether ordertien puuk klonal tests and several siber people merted ba Xomy equipment which appested

to date frum the early part of the century!

I even had to hold the X-ray plates against my chest with my own bands while they positioned the

on a rouch, ad ANTA

One of justable wouden stand. the doctora Decred at my chest through a portable viewer which lonked like a large megaphone The one end, with holes at whole performance lasted two bounty

Despite

turion

laughable con-

aud

the LC seemed

examination thorough hope I will know in a few dayı If i am in sound health or not.

DECEMBER 17, 1968, Today While I was walking in the court- yard a portrait of Sino that was pat up over my bed a few dayı ngo Was moved and put up over

the door. The one that bas been on the wall at ere-level by my eating table for a JERE WA moved and put up over the door to the washroom.

1 bave just completed my 279th crossword puzzle. My mind da fairly blank.

I am hoping for something, bowever Nicht for Christma. but I am prepared if I don't Eective Anything

Yester- day the little translator enue to Tell

the

DECEMBER 20. 1964.

tha

results of medical,

Ald (berd nothing wrong with my heart. Jung or Bver or ather orguns.

The diagnosis was pharyngitis fa throat Infection). 1 asked Tor

medicine. The charge for che ricorrist

לפות

was 31 Yoon

Cutting dated

THE PEOPLE

E9 NOV 1959

JENIH MALL,

Anthony Crey holds a copy he made of

a placard the Chinese forced him to wear. The top group of characters describe him * a ** British imperialist" and "Reuters roactionary correspondent." Below are four orders be had to obey.

FILE: BIG PER

HUMILIATED, ASSAULTED,

TAUNTED

◇ Anthony Grey has just completed his first assignment since he was released by the Chinesa after 26 months of captivity.

From his contacts as a foreign correspondent he has picced together the first full story of the

sacking of the British Mission in Peking in August, 1967.

He reveals how the staff were beaten and humiliated by the Red Guards. And he, rightly, proises the courage of the British men and scomen in the face of the fenatics.

PTO

Etiha

Contai

THE PEOPLE

Cutting dated .......

* 3 ROV 1900

but, unknown to them, the in-

THE CALLOUS brutality of the it vaders had already cut the

Red Guards who broke into my house in Peking and hanged my cat is something that I am not likely to forget.

But even that ordeal did not com- pare to the terrifying treatment they meted out only four days later to the staff of the British Mission in the Chinese capital.

In sacking and burning the mission the Chinese committed one of the grossest acts of diplomatic violation ever per- petrated in a supposedly civilised country.

But by far their greatest outrage wRS the manner in which they treated the mission staff-especially the young British girls who worked

there as secretaries.

cable.

Inside this zoonk, refuge 1966 to them, th Eriti cartas and W. 12 25

Byla zekuste eich distS, body was remarkably enim and collected.

By this time, however, a large i part of the building was on fre and the mob were burning efigies at the window of the room housing the staff.

The window bad wooden shutter on the outside, troa bars and glass. The glass went - but the Iron bars held. Whe shutters, however, caught are and smoke poured in.

A friend who was there told ma: "People were frightened- it would be fute to pretend anything else. But they werH

very calm and doing any thing that was asked of them quickly and quietly."

Although I was already incarcerated in my eight-foot-sull square "cell in my house and, therefore, saw nothing of

the attack on the mission, I have, since my release, pleced· together the full, horrifying story of that awful day.

From friends who were in the mission at the time, and from other contacts, I have beza able to complie the Best detailed account of what really happened during the rape of the mission.

it is a shattering indict- meat of Chinese cruelty, For the behaviour of many Red Guards, especially in the way they manhandled the £ve girls of the mission stati. was loathesÖNE.

Play set out to humiliate the sexually by handling them in a moes vulgar manner.

In some cases girls had ther underciocnes torn from them.

When they were interfered with '

in a rewolung way.

byan maka members of the stam received similar treatment from the fanatical female Red Guard

Ous diplomat was subjected to pain and humiliation by female Red Guards who took a " Sendish and parrarted delight in grabbing him by the genitals.

HEROISM

I have reconstructed the events because I belleva the- wozie should know the "full

But above all, I think the Brush people should know soout the quiet herolum of the 23 stam men and women who suffered at the hands of Chaus man Mao's mobsters.

The attack itself took pince on August 22, 1967, at 10.30 pun,

The tension had been bulld- ing up all day with crowds of demonstrators gathering outside the mission building.

Two days earlier, the Chinesa government had delivered a 48- hour utimatum to Whitehall| demanding the release of

Ohuitse journalists jailed in hong Kong on riot chargas. what ultimatum was due to pura at 16:30 p.m.

As the crowds gathered, loud- speakers kept up deafening Mare of ant-Bruch lovective

It was in this Incredibly tenisa situation that the mission Ja of 33-including hva girls -uned to go about their busi zes in the belanguerad build-

AK GAZETTEKx fell, esa Bristch sipidmat peaced into the street and noticed that all the Red Guards, now strangely quiet,

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were sitting on the roed neatly drawO UD TANKS a.bour 10.000 of chem, the Chinese Press later reported.

Upstairs, the Charge d'Affaires, Bir Donald Hopson, was playing bridge with three colleagues. Downstairs, in the main entrance-hall, an impro- vised him show was being put on-Pater Sellers in * The Wrong Arm of the Law an effort to reduce tension

AL 10.30 p.m. precisely rocket dared. It was the signal for 10,000 Red Guarda to lear into action.

They Swanned over the walls and gates, carrying crowbara, hammers, cans of petrol mod various blunt testruments of destruction.

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As the mob came on, break- ing everything in their path, they were chanting: Shul

Sha!

Inside the mission Bl: Donald and his staff moved into the "secure area of the building where confidential work wa carried on and bolted the door.

One of the stai who was pre- sent at the time sold i

Within a couple of minutes the whole building was resound- ing to the onslaught of the Dacies.

"They attacked all doors and windows from all directions simultaneously.

"It became obvious that the outer defences vare not going to holde

PETREAT

The staff made a further retreat behind an iron grilio door at the narra centre of the

mission.

Large metal cupboards waTU bauled in front of this metal door and the lights turned out so that the mob would not know rieze the Britoes were hiding. the last radio messiga WI ing out to London saying crypically: **They're coming

Wirslers operators contin- to send further messages

The smoke made breathing

dimcult The only feasible way 13. out was through an emergency

door steel-plated exit - & leading into the compound yard.

were

By this time the attackers

their amashing

WAJ through the brickwork Bur rounding the door and it be came clear that it would only be a matter of minutes before they breached the wall and poured through.

Sir Donald gave the order to

open the escape door and led them out.

The Britons were surrounded by shouting Guards, Sir Donald was struck a sickening blow on the forehead with a heavy Instrument. Blood gushed on to his shirt.

The others were grabbed by . the frantle mob and separated. One of my friends recalled: *Hands scized us from all directions and punches rained and heade down shoulders. My shirt was being || torn from my back, so it bad

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the effect of garrotting me"

SEIZED

The British girls had a par- Опа ticularly dreadful time. was seized by the hair by Red · Guarda da" she struggled in ' the crowd to tres herself the Guards tore of her underpants: and wrenched her dress up around har chest.

As she continued to struggis the Guards molested her in a disgusting

humiliating

fashion.

and

All the other girls-four were Kecretazīta and one the wife of

diplomat-ware

similar treatment.

One diplomat who was skuge- ling to help one of the girls had to bare his teeth and threaten - to sink them into the writ of " Red Guard before he would let go of her hair.

As this was going on, the soldiers of the Prople's Libera- tion Army were drawn up out side the compound. They were

supposed to be there to pre-

vent the moh 'getting out of hand-

Britons

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struggled one by one through to the road outside where they were gathered together by the soldiers who eventually got them away from the scene.

But the fire raged on and the mob went happily on with the task of destruction.

The mcking of the mission. was clearly officially inspired by Ta the Chinese govemment. me 15 is a miracle that nobody was severely injured or killed.

Even so, one British diplomat was besten so badly that he was confined to bed for two weeks in a strictly prane posle tion suffering from concussion and * commotion of the brain." And all 23 of the staff emer-

ged from that dreadful evening covered in a mass of bruises,

Of course, I didn't know that the British Mission had been burned until my first consular visit in April, 1963-eight months after the event

I had certainly learned from the Chinese press that "strong action" had been taken by the masses against the mission. But I never dreamed that they had buumed it down-until Donald Hopson told mc

Even so he mentioned it only briefly during our 20-minute meeting. I had no idea of the horror of that night until I emerged from confinement and spoke to friends in Peking,

AT LAST! THE DAY OF

Anthony Gray com- pletes his amazing story by telling of the moment ...he longed for during the 26 months of his incar- ceration. the moment of release.

MY FIRST inkling that it was all coming to an end was at the end of May this year.

My conditions improved and I was allowed to have my short-

FREEDOM

way, radio and longer exercise, periods.

I began to hear the B.B.C. news and to hear my name mentioned. My spirita wore. really lifted when I heard that the Defence Minister, Denia" Healey, had told a Press Con ference in Hong Kong that be expected me to be relented in October when the last Chinese' Journake: imprisoned in Hong, Kong was freed.

Pnally the day damembn October 4,

The chief guard came into my room after lunch accompanied by the oficial interpretar, "hac Foreign Ministry

you" he intoned.

I was driven to the Ministry and shown into a tastefully furnished lounge. Tia door opened and 14 came a man I knew an air. Chi An immacu- lately dressed man who spoke faultless English with an Oxford Locenk

Mr. Chi had been pratent with * woman ometal July 21, 1967, when I heard the dread words; "We are express- ing our indignation and taking action against you. .

But this time it was courtesy and smiles. The British governe ment had released the Chinmə Journalists in Hong Kong and, therefore, my -freedom of

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Dee pretence was emphasZNG with great carn; " What we say counts!"-apparently indicating that the Chinese neyaz mada fdin threats,

I was then driven by the Publie Security Bureau men to my house. I stepped from the car outside the gate and the car drove aWAY. For the final time in 26 months I was free to take a step in whichever direction I choso.

The British Mission Abonnú secretary, Roger Garside, was walling outside my gate and rushed over to shake hands,

My overwhelming feeling was simply RELIEF.

But I will never forget that wonderful moment when the airliner's wheels touched down at London airport. Only then did I feel that I was finally FREE.

Since then my life has been a whirl of nativity, I have been overwhelmed by the concern and sympathy shown to me. both by fellow Journalists and by ordinary people in many countries.

As for the future. I can't really say. I am happy enough to think only of the present.

I just feel grateful to be home

know again, and to

that throughout those long months of crushing isolation I was DAYET really forgotten. ...

movement " was being restored.

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Anthony Grey was interviewed last night on ITN

for half an hour starting at 9.30.

Mr. Grey came over very well indeed. He gave an impression of great balance and maturity. His account of his experiences in Peking was straightforward and unhysterical.

3. The following two points are worth recording, particularly in case we have to deal with a complaint from the Chinese Mission about this programme,

(a) Mr. Grey's remarks contained nothing

which could be construed as anti- Chinese. He said that the ordinary Chinese were like the ordinary British. They wanted better food, better surroundings and a better life. He had no feelings of bitterness against them.

Asked about Mao he said that he had been deeply impressed by popular adulation of Mao which he had seen on May Day, 1967. He had taken this devotion to be genuine and felt that the Chinese really regarded Mao as a deity. There was nothing snide in the way he said this.

(b) Mr. Grey trod very carefully on the

Bubject of Sino/British relations and Hong Kong. Asked whether he felt resentment against those who had been responsible for handling his case he

asid

(1) that from time to time during

his detention he had felt resentful against various people including HMG, Reuters and even members of the public who had sent him well-meaning letters and

(11) he had sometimes felt like a

pawn in a game between two faceless governments. However he described the question of his connexion with events in

Hong Kong as "a very complex question' declined to be

drawn further and made it clear

that he thought it pointless

to indulge in mamanatrandes Nominations

now. He was simply glad to be home.

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Mr. Anthony Grey, of Reuters, is calling on the

Secretary of State at 5.30 p.m. on 6 November.

2. I attach a speaking brief, which includes defensive

notes in case Mr. Grey is critical of our handling of his

case. Judging from Mr. Grey's conduct to date, I do not

think this likely.

BACKGROUND

3. The Secretary of State is familiar with the background

to Mr. Grey's detention. In our handling of the case,

the crucial issue was whether we should pay the price the

Chinese were trying to exact for his release, namely the

premature release of the communist newsworkers in Hong Kong.

This was reviewed in the letter from the General Manager of

Reuters to the Secretary of State on 25 July and the Secretary

of State's reply on ↳ August. Mr. Grey has himself since

his release handled this aspect of the case with great care.

Interviewed on Thames Television on 30 October, he was

careful not to be stampeded into criticism of H.M.G.

described the connexion of his detention with the cases of

the imprisoned newsworkers in Hong Kong as "a very complex

question". He said that while at times during his detention

he had felt like a pawn in a game between two faceless governments, he thought that there was now no point in

/recriminations.

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recriminations.

Mr. Grey's articles, which are appearing

in "The People", have shown so far that his conditions of

detention were more oppressive than we had imagined but

have contained so far no criticism of our handling of his

case.

C. Wilson

(James Murray)

5 November, 1969.

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Speaking Note

(a)

MR. ANTHONY GREY

The Secretary of State may care to:-

congratulate Mr. Grey on his 0.B.E.;

(b) stress our admiration and gratitude for his fortitude

and express the hope that he has had a good rest since

his return to the U.K;

with the gravest concern and did the very best we

could for him consistent with wider responsibilities.

Defensive notes

Why were the newsworkers not released prematurely?

2. The Chinese made it clear that the price for your release

was the premature release of all the imprisoned newsworkers

in Hong Kong itself. To have agreed to this would have had

damaging consequences for our position in the Colony which

rests on the confidence of the local people in our intention

and ability to maintain control. An important element in

their confidence is the belief that we will adhere by the laws

we have ourselves made and will not bend them grossly for

political convenience.

An exchange

3. We could have accepted an arrangement whereby the

imprisoned newsworkers were deported to China in exchange for

We did in fact make such an offer to the

your release.

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Chinese at the beginning of 1969. (This must remain

confidential) They showed no interest in such a solution

and returned to their insistence that the newsworkers be

released in Hong Kong itself. This was strong confirmation

of our view that they were pre-occupied less to resolve your

case than to inflict the maximum political damage on us in

Hong Kong.

Invitation to further pressures

4. If the Chinese had been successful in using you as a

hostage, they might well have been encouraged to try the

same method with other British subjects. It would have

been impossible to present the release of the convicted

newsworkers in the Colony as a bargain favourable to

ourselves. The disproportion of the numbers involved on

each side would have been only too evident. We should have

been at a great disadvantage in trying to resist pressures

for the release of further large numbers of convicted

prisoners in Hong Kong in connexion with the other British

subjects detained in China.

Far Eastern Department,

5 November, 1969.

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On the wider issues of his treatment at the hunds of the Chinone, his attitude to IMG and his intentions regarding the @vlicising of his experiences, there is little to add to what we have already reported by telegrum. On his treatment, ore. cannot better the London Times' phrase "his confinement was spitefully barted....' The psychological pressure to which he was subjected (e.g. by bullying guards) wus considerably greater than we had supposed, and continued to the very end of hig confinement. As for his attitude to the British govern- ment, at no time did he express resentment at G or long Kong's Lundling of the affair. This reticence may have been partly due to is desire to examine the circumstances of his confine- ment from the outside, and his natural wish not to offend his diplomatic hosts here in Peking. But the discovery that many other Dritons, Japanesu, Germans, etc. were languishing in China side a strong impression on him, and he himself deducol the need to avoid encouraging the Chinese to persist in their hostage-taking policies by criticising 113 for not submitting to blackmail.

2. As you will no doubt have learnt, Grey is arrunging through & literary agent to publish a series of newspaper articles wil a book giving an account of hic experiences. He has also b offered a 30 minute spot on (I think) IV. So far he has cal: accepted an offer for a series of four icles to appear in the People (Grey particularly asked me to keep this strictly confidential for the oment). Crey's evident anger over his vicious tretment by the Chinese, which he has described in conversation as "mental aggression", and the fact that he managed to keep a surre-titious diary, suggest that his articles will be cell-docu. mitru und damning. Coupled with any dis- closures whici. Barrymine, the Gordons or Captain Will might muke, they will add up to a pretty heavy barrage of disparaging publicity which could enetrate even the armadillo idea of the Chinese.

J.D.I. Joyd, Joy.,

For Bastern Depart...ent,

Cong Kong.

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I should perhaps record one or two aspects of Grey's eparture from China which are of some political intuet.

The

| only foreign diplomatic re:resentatives present at Peking airport

were two Indians and the Laotian Chargé and a member of their staff. The Indians had made it a point of principle to repay Sir Donald Hopson's gesture in seeing off the two expelled Indian diplomats in May 1967. The Laotians' presence cân be attributed to the fact thut he ind met Grey, thut his

relations with us are close (he knew John Denson in Vientiane) and to his gregarious personality.

We have heard in

confidence from a member of the French Embassy thut & mòve by sevoral French diɣlomats to send a representative was vetoed by the Ambassador, despite the fact that the then British Chargé d'Affaires (Donald ñopson) had trekked to the airpor. when Jeen Vincent, the AFP correspondent, was expelled. of the six journalists we informed of Grey's departure, (AFF, DPA, Toronto Globe and Mail, P.P, Asahi Shimbun and Kyodo) only two Japanese failed to tum up. The Asahi correspondent în particular prefers the low posture, and was probably feurful of Chinese displeasure. The fact that Gray was a friend of Samejima does not seem to have weighed with c Japanese, or only as a disincentive.

4. There is evidence that the Chinese were anxious to thwart any display of solidarity by the journalists. Correspondento received an invitation to collect bullet tickets from the Ministry &t 11.30 on the morning of Grey's departure (the 'plane left at midday, and the airport is half an hour's distance from Peking) This of course could have accounted

for the absence of the Japanese.

5. Though little additional proof of Pakistani sycophancy towards the Chinese is required, we were struck by the unusual nervousness of the Pakistani authorities lest the spectre of Grey should intrude into the intimacy of their relations with China. A first secretary of the Pakistani Embassy (and frequent tennis partner) who travelled with Grey and I from Peking to Karachi, contrived to avoid acknowledging my presence on the flight, let alone shaking Kr. Grey's hand. Kis worst moment us when we found curselves at adjacent tables in the restaurant at Shanghai! This overriding fear of causing offence to the Chinese even extended to the crew of the PIA flight from Shanghai, who only began to show any sympathy (or even provide normal service) for their special passenger after crossing the Sino-Burmese frontier. One PLA official charged with delivering a note from Reuters on bourd the aircraft, confessed to being afraid the Chinese would discover this und, in his nervousness, dropped the letter in the gangway! Pakistani anxiety to avoid a press conference

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in Karachi and their zealous (but ham-handed) efforts to shake off the press on Grey's arrival there increase our suspicion that the Chinese may have made the requisite noises to the Pakistani Embassy in Peking at the time of Grey's release.

6. Coples of this letter go to RcLaren in ong Kong, British High Commission at Rawalpindi, and Deputy High Commission at Karachi.

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George Walden has told me how much you, your wife and members of your staff, particularly Hugh Young, did to help Grey during his stay in Karachi and I am writing to express my thanks. His stopover with you was a sensitive period both politically and for Grey personally and it is, I am sure, mainly due to your help and co-operation that it all went so well.

Te still have several British subjects on (or perhaps in) the stocks here, but I very much hope that it will not be necessary to call on you to provide staging post facilities agnin!

Thank you also for looking after Walden.

8. C. Stout, Esq.,

Deputy High Commissioner,

Karachi.

c.c. Colin Wilson, Esq.,

Far Eastern Department, "..C.

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On behalf of the Secretary of State I went to London Airport on the morning of 12 October to welcome Anthony Grey back to London. After I had delivered a message of greeting to him from the Secretary of State Grey asked me to thank the Secretary of State for the message and added, entirely

spontaneously, that he was extremely grateful for the assistance which he had had from nenbera of your staff at Karachi and Pacca.

2. Obviously all concerned had done a very good job in looking after Grey and I must say that I was struck by how extremely balanced and normal he appeared to be. He certainly did very well in his first encounter with the press at the Airport.

(K.. Wilford)

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I was at London Airport on the morning of 12 October to welcome Mr. Grey back.

Hr Grey back. I took the opportunity to convey a message of greeting on behalf of the Secretary of State in much the same terms as authorised in the message sent to Peking. Mr. Grey asked me to thank the Secretary of State again and added, entirely spontaneously, that he was extremely grateful for the assistance of Mr. Denson and the members of his staff and also for the help given to him by members of the High Commission in Pakistan.

2. Mr. Cradock, who was also present, and I had a chance for a few words with Mr. Grey later, but I need hardly say that we made no effort to give him any instructions about what he should or should not say to the press. This part of some of the reports which appear in this morning's press seem to be pure

invention.

3. I was struck by the normalcy of Mr. Grey's condition. was clearly determined not to rush into print on any subject until he has had time to sort things out in his own mind.

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13 October, 1969

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22 October, 1969.

I am replying to your letter of 14 October about the fate which befell Mr. Anthony Grey's cat.

While it is manifestly impossible to condone such treatment, repeated representations were made to the Chinese authorities about the conditions and circumstances of Mr. Grey's detention, and we believe that these resulted in an alleviation of those conditions. Furthermore, it is thought that the Chinese leadership ordered halt some time ago to many of the activities of the Red Guards, who were responsible for the behaviour you mention. Finally, we are confident that, insofar as the Chinese take note of the expressions of the British preas, the extensive coverage in the press of this incident will have been recorded.

J. Y. Knowles, Esq.,

164 Foxley Lane,

Purley,

Surrey CR2 3NF.

(R. Ralph)

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an age when physical and mental torture nas become commonplace, one wigut suppose the ordinary citizen would by now we too insensitive to notice such trivial incidents as the nanging of ir Anthony Grey's cat. Just how mean, contemptible and perverted can people get. The goastly picture aroused in one's imagination compels some protest, however remote may be the chance that one protest will ve

effective.

Such venaviour 18 a lot on the whole human race, and trŋ' lact that 16 occurred in Uniwa is unortunately incidental. However, the chinese government is to viame for utver

lallure to enforce minimum standards of nuwan decency, li not for ueiiberate encouragement of such acts.

i would be most grateful if some now you could ensure tnat inose responsioie are maue aware of the horror that such Denaviour can sulii arouse in ordinary people.

Iours sincerely,

Jim Knowk.

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We have good reason to be grateful to Mr. Grey. If

during his detention he had shown signs of mental or

physical collapse or if his letters home had been less

discreet, his case would have presented an even more

difficult problem than it has done. The Secretary of

State in his letter of 4 August to Mr. Long of Reuters

acknowledged that Grey had been called upon to put up with

a great deal on our behalf and assured Mr. Long that this

was well recognised both here and in Hong Kong. I think

therefore that some message of greeting should be sent to

Mr. Grey when he is released from detention, and that the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office should be represented at

London Airport on his arrival. It seems to me that the

public will expect no less than this.

Recommendation

I recommend that:

Despatched.

(a) The Secretary of State should be asked to authorise

personal

Mr. Denson to pass a/message to Mr. Grey when he first

sees him. I attach a draft telegram.

(b) A representative of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

should greet Mr. Grey on behalf of the Secretary of

State. I should have liked to have done this myself

since in the course of the case I have become acquainted

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with the principal members of Mr. Grey's family,

and his trade union and other associates.

I am

however due to fly to Washington tomorrow for talks

on China. I suggest therefore that either Mr. Wilford

or Mr. Wilson (who will be in charge of Far Eastern

Department) would be appropriate.

A Wilson.

Jane Ummary

(James Murray)

2 October, 1969.

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MR. ANTHONY GREY: PUBLICITY

In his telegram No. 562 of 29 September Mr. Denson

asks for our views on the publicity aspects of Mr. Grey's

release. He recommends that on Mr. Grey's release he

should make an announcement to this effect adding that the

Mission is consulting Mr. Grey about the arrangements for

his departure from China. While welcoming Mr. Grey's

release Mr. Denson would also refer to the fact that there

are still twelve other British subjects detained by the

Chinese. We have already telegraphed approval of the line Mr. Denson proposed. The submission examines the question

of publicity in fuller detail. News Department agree with

the conclusions.

ARGUMENT

When Mr. Grey is released from detention he will still

require to apply to the Chinese authorities for an exit visa.

Ye think that the Chinese will not place difficulties in his

way but it may take some 24 to 48 hours to obtain a visa. In

addition, Mr. Grey himself may elect to stay in Peking for a

few days to reorientate himself before facing the outside world.

It is important therefore during the period when he is still

in China that we should refrain from comments which might

prejudice his chances of obtaining an exit visa. The brief

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statement suggested by Mr. Denson would seem to me to meet

these requirements.

3. The release of Mr. Grey will inevitably have repercussions

for the cases of the twelve other British subjects detained

While confining our remarks on Mr. Grey's

by the Chinese.

case to the bare minimum it will be difficult to avoid

referring to these other cases. In addition the publicity

surrounding Mr. Grey's release is bound to raise in one form

or another the question whether this will improve their

chances of release. It should also be remembered that some

of the families of those detained have complained in the past

that we give more time to the Grey case and that they will

undoubtedly be approached by the press as soon as news of

Mr. Grey's release breaks. A statement therefore on the

lines suggested by Kr. Denson would serve to reassure them

that we have not forgotten their cases and forestall any

possible criticism. Further guidance on handling questions

about the remaining communist prisoners in Hong Kong is

included in the supplementary press guidance at Appendix 4.

4. Once Kr. Grey is out of China the press will be primarily

interested in obtaining his account of his experiences. We

are leaving the arrangements for Mr. Grey's press conferences

to Reuters (in Hong Kong if he transits the island and at

Heathrow Airport) and in general should stay in the background

at this stage. News Department do not think it advisable

that a member of the department should be present at Mr. Grey's

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press conferenceat London Airport since this may give the

impression that we are trying to manipulate the news.

News Department will no doubt be called upon to answer factual

points and the attached background brief on the Grey case

(Appendix B) should be useful in this respect.

5. It is possible that the press or Mr. Grey himself may

be critical of the way in which his case has been handled.

je presume that the main line of attack will be that Mr. Grey's

release could have been expedited if we had agreed to the

premature release of the newsworkers in Hong Kong. Guidance

on answering this type of question is included in Appendix A.

way.

Jane Tenay

Copies to: Miss Deas

News Department

Mr. Stevenson, I.R.D.

Hiss Satterly, I.P.D.

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SUP FLEMENTARY PRESS GUIDANCE

APPENDIX A

An earlier exchange of prisoners would have expedited

Mr. Grey's release.

Objections to an exchange

The solution of the Grey case by means of our

exchanging him for one or several of the newsworkers in

Hong Kong was not open to us. It became clear at an early

stage that a solution of this type was unacceptable to the

Chinese.

Repercussions for Hong Kong

the courtã pursowan

The premature release of the newswaskere would be

involved interference with the judicial process which might

have undermined local confidence in Hong Kong.+31

Would an exchange of the remaining prisoners in Hong Kong

facilitate the release of the twelve British subjects

detained by the Chinese?

The Chinese have consistently taken the line that in

their view these persons have offended against Chinese laws

and regulations and that their cases are being dealt with on

their merits. The Chinese have never made any suggestion

that the other British subjects are being held as hostages

for the Chinese still serving sentences in the Colony.

seems unlikely therefore that their releuae would help the

position of the other detained British subjects.

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ses the release of Mr. Grey improve their chances of release?

The release of Mr. Grey has removed a serious obstacle

to the improvement of Sino-British relations. We hope that

this will lead to a further relaxation in relations.

Representations on behalf of British subjects

Representations by Note were made to the Chinese

authorities by our Mission in Peking about ten days ago in

the cases of all British subjecte detained in China.

Far Eastern Department

2 October, 1969.

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APPENDIX B

Background Note

MR. ANTHONY GREY

Mr. Anthony Grey, Reutes correspondent in Peking, was

put under house arrest by the Chinese on 19 July, 1967.

On 22 July, 1967, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced

that "in view of the Hong Kong British authorities'

unreasonable persecution of the correspondents of the Hong

Kong branch of the N.C.N.A. patriotic newamen, the Chinese

Government had decided to limit the freedom of movement of

the Reuters correspondent in Peking until further notice".

This was a reference to the arrest of eight Chinese communist

journalists in Hong Kong of whom three were employees of the

N.C.N.... Seven, including two N.C.N.A. men, were fined on

5 August, 1967, and released; the remaining N.C.N.A.

reporter was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and released

in November, 1968. All these arrests in Hong Kong were for

offences committed during May/June 1967.

2. After Mr. Grey's arrest, thirteen other journalists and

newspaper workers, including several communists and an N.C.N.A.

correspondent, were detained in Hong Kong for offences under

Hong Kong laws and were convicted and sentenced to terms of

imprisonment. In December, 1968, the N.C.N.A. said that the

continued imprisonment of these men justified the Chinese in

continuing to hold Er. Grey. However, this and other N.C.N.A.

and Chinese Government statements refrained from committing

the Chinese to release Mr. Grey should the newspaper workers

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in Hong Kong be freed.

In July this year the Chinese

Government indicated to us in London and Peking that when

all the Chinese newsworkers in Hong Kong were released from

detention, Mr. Grey's freedom of movement would be restored.

At this point there were eleven newsworkers still

serving terms of imprisonment in Hong Kong (i.e. two of the

original thirteen having completed their sentences and released).

Subject to maximum remission of sentence for good behaviour the last of the eleven newsworkers, Yong Chak, will have been

released on 3 October. The other ten prisoners were released

between September 2 and 12. In Wong Chak's case his sentence had been reduced from five to three years in May this year on the recommendation of the Hong Kong Frison Board of Review,

as part of a review of all sentences of more than four years

for offences connected with the 1967 disturbances. (Other

prisoners had their sentences reduced in the same review.)

4. Hr. Grey's conditione under house arrest were severe

Although in the last few months they improved slightly.

telephone was cut off in August, 1967, and apart from three

visits by our Mission his only contact has been with his guards

and servants. For most of the time he has been confined to one

room of his house and denied reading material except Chinese journals (which he cannot read) and the Chinese English language

periodical Peking Review; the room was hot in summer and cold

in winter. Mr. Grey was allowed two periods of 40 minutes

exercise per day. At the time of the last visit by the Mission

in July this year, Mr. Grey's conditions had improved, with

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access to more rooms, longer exercise periods, access to his books and he was allowed to listen to his radio

(including the BBC).

5. During Mr. Grey's detention, the Chinese allowed only three visits by members of H.M. Mission, on 23 April,1968, by Sir Donald Hopson and Mr. Weston lasting twenty minutes; on 26 November, 1968, by Mr. Fercy Cradock and Mr. Roger Garside lasting twenty-five minutes;

and on 14 July this year by

Mr. John Denson and Mr. Roger Garside lasting forty minutes. These visits were obtained after repeated requests by the Mission and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and were allowed in return for special quasi-official visits to the Chinese newsworkers imprisoned in Hong Kong.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Mission in Peking made repeated attempts to obtain Mr. Grey's release, an improvement in his conditions and when necessary adequate

In August, 1967, the then Secretary of

Medical treatment.

State, Mr. George Brown, informed the Chinese Foreign Minister of his readiness to try to arrange the release of the Chinese newsworkers in prison in Hong Kong to China in return for an undertaking that kr. Grey and other British subjects detained in China would be free to proceed to the United Kingdom. The Chinese however never took up the offer. were made to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London by Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers and senior officials about the case of Mr. Grey (and the other British subjects

Representations

detained in China) on numerous occasions. Our Mission in Peking

also made frequent representations.

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The attached envelope contains notes which Anthony Grey was able to make during the period of his detention. He has asked that you should keep them for him until he is in a position to come and collect them himself. He will telephone you after he gets back to the United Kingdom.

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President: The Archbishop of Canterbury Vice-President: The Archbishop of York Chairman: The Bishop of Winchester General Secretary: Canon J. R. Satterthwaite

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Please address all communications to the General Secretary:

TELEPHONE: 01-928 4880

14th October, 1969.

My dear Reverend Mother,

On his return to England Mr.Anthony Grey heard that the Archbishop of Canterbury had been remembering him in his prayers and also that he had asked you and your Sisters to pray for his whilst Mr.Grey was under house arrest in leking. In thanking the Archbishop he has also asked for his sincere thanks to be sent to you and to the Sisters in the House of Frayer, Burnham, Bucks.

The Revd.Mother SC., House of Frayer,

Burnham,

Bucks.

Yours sincerely in Christ,

John R.Satterthwaite.

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary has asked me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 9 October and to thank you for your efforts regarding Mr. Anthony Grey.

(Mrs. V. E. M. Hartles) Private Secretary

Kiss Helen Hutchison,

354 Cooper Street,

OTTAWA, 4.

Private Secretary

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I was at London Airport on the morning of 12 October to welcome Kr. Grey back. I took the opportunity to convey a message of greeting on behalf of the Secretary of State in much the same terms as authorised in the message sent to Peking. Mr. Grey asked me to thank the Secretary of State again and added, entirely spontaneously, that he was extremely grateful for the assistance of Kr. Denson and the members of his staff and also for the help given to him by members of the High Commission in Pakistan.

2. Hr. Cradock, who was also present, and I had a chance for a few words with Mr. Orey later, but I need hardly say that we made no effort to give him any instructions about what he should or should not say to the press, This part of some of the reports which appear in this morning's press seen to be pure

invention.

3. I was struck by the normalcy of Hr. Grey's condition. was clearly determined not to rush into print on any aubject until he has had time to sort things out in his own mind.

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(K.V. Wilford) 13 October. 1969

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ANTHONY GREY CONTINGENCY PLAN

The last of the "newsworkers" left Stanley to-day. We hope that Anthony Grey will be released soon.

It is possible that we shall have no control over his movements after his release. It is possible the Chinese may not let him leave China or may expel him from China by a route of their choosing or that a decision about the route will be taken in Peking by Anthony Grey himself. We are doing what we can to see that he does not come to Hong Kong at all,

If he does come to Hong Kong our arrangements will have to be made in the light of the following four considerations:-

lition,

Anthony Grey's mental and physical condition and his own wishes;

(a)

(b)

the views of Reuters;

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consideration;

(a) the need to get him out of the Colony as soon

as possible.

Immigration, health and travel arrangements

It is very likely that he will have a valid British passport, either his old one or a new one issued by the mission in Peking.

So far as we know his health is reasonably good but it is unlikely that he will have any inoculation certificates.

We can assume that Reuters vill meet any expenses for his accommodation and travel tickets. They will no doubt be available if necessary to do any of the booking or other admin. work. They have a permanent representat- ive here, Mr. Derek Round (Tel. No. H.93417). Mr. Doon Campbell, Deputy General Manager, has arrived to advise Grey and look after his arrangements.

If we have no warning at all of his arrival

It is possible that Anthony Grey will simply appear at Lo Wu without warning, presumably at about noon on the usual train.

As soon as he is recognised he should be taken into the private waiting room whilst his documents are processed.

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10.

The following should be informed immediately:-

H.E.;

(a)

(b)

the Hon. C.S.;

(c)

(d)

11. Reuters

12.

the Political Adviser (Tel. No. H.95428 (Office); H.96219 (Home)) or if he is not available the Assistant Political Adviser (Tel. No. H.95345

(Office); H.222344 (Home));

the Director of Information Services (Tel. No. H.233191 (Office); H.248910 (Home)).

The P.A. would then inform Mr. Derek Round,

It can be assumed that if Grey appears without varning there would be no journalists or photographers at Lo Wu.

13.

As soon as his documents had been processed and provided Grey had no urgent requirements, he would then be taken by the police in one of their vehicles to Police H.Q., Fanling where Grey can rest and meet the P.A. or whoever else is available.

Mr.

14.

If possible, D.I.S. and the P.A., or failing him the A.P.A., would go to P.H.Q., Fanling immediately. Doon Campbell and Mr. Derek Round of Reuters would go there too.

15.

If possible, discussion with Grey on his plans would be left to the P.A. or A.P.A. but it is only too likely that such postponement would not be possible. so, the senior Police Officer available would find out what Grey's views were about his onward journey. Grey might have some special wishes, e.g. to telephone to his mother and girl friend in England. These vishes should be met unless there is some obvious reason to the contrary, e.g. if he appears to be very disturbed.

16.

The Police Officer would try to form a judgment whether Grey was in a sufficiently calm state of mind to make it a reasonable proposition to hold a press conference in the near future. The main point to be borne in mind is that Grey may have the idea that his two years' incarceration is the fault of the Hong Kong Govern- ment for refusing to do a deal over the release of the convicted "newsworkers". If Grey is rabid on this

How

subject, we shall want to do our best to avoid any discussion with the press whilst he is in Hong Kong. we persuade him not to meet the press is a problem that requires further thought. If on the other hand he is in a well balanced frame of mind and reasonable about the responsibility of the Hong Kong Government, we shall no doubt have to accept that he give the press conference and, if so, we might as well take a hand in arranging it if necessary. But if Reuters are available it will be better to leave them to arrange the press conference.

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17.

No communication about Grey's arrival should be made to the press except as soon as possible to Mr. Derek Round or Mr. Doon Campbell of Reuters and to D.I.S. who will send out a general item of news to all the press. It will be a delicate question for D.I.S. to decide how long to delay an announcement.

18.

In view of our desire to get Grey out of the Colony as soon as possible it would be best if he decided to leave on the first available plane. It might then be reasonable to take him direct from Fanling to Kai Tak either in a police car or possibly by helicopter.

19.

If on the other hand he wants to spend a night or more in Hong Kong we would not want to prevent him doing so. Our main interest would be to see that he was kept away from the press. It is likely that Reuters would want to put him into a hotel, probably the Mandarin.

20.

There would be no question of Grey calling on the Governor or the C.S. If he asked to have contact with the Hong Kong Government he could see the P.A. and of course D.I.S.

If we have warning of his arrival

21.

Most of the details suggested in the preceding section will apply but there would have to be modifications in the press arrangements.

22.

H.E. has decided that the press party at Lo Wu could consist of:-

(a)

(b)

(c)

Mr. Doon Campbell, Deputy General Manager, Reuters;

Mr. Derek Round, Reuters Representatives Hong Kong;

Visnews television cameraman;

a "pool" reporter;

(a)

(e)

a "pool" television cameraman;

(f)

a "pool" still photographer.

23.

From the Hong Kong Government D.I.S. would be there to take charge of the press arrangements and A.P.A. to talk to Grey and advise him.

The

24.

As soon as possible after his arrival Grey would be taken with a police escort to Police H.Q., Fanling. (An alternative is Fanling Lodge which has been offered by H.E., provided 24 hours' notice can be given.) main purpose of the stay at P.H.Q. which might extend to an hour or two would be for Mr. Campbell and A.P.A. to talk to Grey and decide on his future arrangements (e.g. press conference, travel plans). It is possible that if Grey has had some days Freedom in Peking before leaving China this discussion can be much shorter.

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At P.H.Q., Fanling photographers from all agencies and newspapers would be given a chance to take photographs of Grey but there would be no

conversation.

26.

Transport from P.H.Q., Fanling would if possible be by helicopter, probably to H.M.S. Tamar. From H.M.S. Tamar Grey would probably go to the Mandarin and would then be out of our hands. It is just possible that he might go direct from Fanling to Kai Tak.

27.

Subject to Grey's condition and views there would be a press conference later that evening. It would be arranged by Reuters, probably in one of the hotels. Before it took place we (i.e. D.I.S. and A.P.A.) would do our best to give Grey appropriate guidance. Reuters hope it would be 30 minutes only and uncontroversial.

28.

After the press conference Grey would refuse to make any statements to the press. He would leave Hong Kong as soon as we could conveniently arrange it and would be in the hands of Reuters meanwhile.

Distribution to:

H.E.

Hon. C.S. D.C.F. (2) D.I.S.(2)

Col. Blomfield-Smith

D. of I.

Hon. D.C.N.T

P.A.

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D.S.

Mr. J. Murray (F.C.0.)(2)

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Thank you for your telegram No. 659 of October which I received before I sav Doon Campbell on 2 October.

The report which Long received no doubt came from Thomas Hudson of Visnevs vho first made contact in Hong Kong with Jack Cater to whom he had an introduction. Cater said nothing to him about the views of the Hong Kong Government but referred Hudson to me. When Hudson came to see me, I spoke to him pretty frankly about the arrangements we had in mind for Grey's release and told him amongst other things that we would prefer Grey not to come through Hong Kong. I did not say we would refuse to have him but I did say that we hoped he would go by another route. I sav no point in being secretive about our views, especially as Reuters had been persistent in pressing their view that Hong Kong would be the most convenient route.

After I had spoken to Hudson, Derek Round came to see me. He was slightly annoyed that Hudson had taken the initiative when in Round's view the matter belonged to Reuters not Visnevs. I then said to Round vhat I had said to Hudson. Both of these conversations vere on a confidential basis. I am surprised to hear that Long has some doubts about Round's complete discretion. We have had several conversations about Grey during the last year and so far as I know, Round has not been indiscreet about any of them.

We entirely agree that it is desirable to avoid any indication in public that we are opposed to Grey coming through Hong Kong. So far as we know, this idea has not leaked in Hong Kong. Ian Brody of the Daily Express has been badgering the Director of

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Information Services with the story that the F.C.0. is opposed to Grey coming out through Hong Kong !

He has asked for the views of the Hong Kong Government. But Mike Stevenson has refused to give him any encouragement.

You may also like to know that when I gave Executive Council a brief account on Tuesday, 30 September of what we expected to happen over Grey's release, one of the Unofficial Members expressed very forcibly the view that on no account should we allow Grey to come through Hong Kong. In spite of those vievs ve have accepted that if Grey particularly wants to come this way, or if his health or other reasons make it seem best, we would not object.

To-day the Information Services Department is busy telling the press corps of the arrangements ve vill make for them if Grey does come here. So I think they will get the idea that we have not been trying to impose a veto on this route. But some may choose to get it wrong.

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Thank you for your letter of 7 October to Mr. Wilson about Mr. Anthony Grey.

As you know, Mr. Grey is employed by Reuters Ltd., whose address is 85 Fleet Street, London, E.0.4. I suggest that you write to Mr. Grey at this address.

Mise E. H. A. Lienesch,

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U. Mr. Patrick Wall (Haltemprice): To ask the Secreta of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what compensation will be given by Her Majesty's Government to Mr. Anthony Grey in view of the fact that his imprisonment was due to events in Hong Kon

13th October 1969

Mr. Maurice Foley

It is cause for the deepest satisfaction that Mr. Grey's

long unjustified detention by the Chinese authorities

has ended. I appreciate the honourable Member's

suggestion that we should pay tribute to the fortitude

and courage of Kr. Grey. I shall be considering in

what way we can most appropriately show our admiration.

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Departmental Staff

Mr. Arth: Lewis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give a list of people in his Department who, addi- tionally to Sir Con O'Neill, have, during the past two years, resigned their appoint ment and been re-appointed to the same graded post at the same salary ; what are the reasons in each case; and to what extent this practice affects advancement in the promotion of those who remain in the Departme....

Mr. George Thomson: No officers have resigned their appointment in the Diplomatic Service and been reinstated on the same terms during the period in question.

Union of Arab Emirates

Mr. Biggy-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether be will make a statement about the progress of Her Majesty's Gov- emment's sleps to bring about a Union of Arab Emirates.

Mr. M. Stewart: The Union of Arab Emirates has in fact been formally set up for over 18 months. From the outset, we have given and will continue to give the Union full support and encouragement, together with advice as and when as and when requested. We hope that the next meeting of the Union, on 21st October, will serve to consolidate the preparatory work which has been done.

Suez Canal

(Detained British Ships)

Mr. Biggs-Davison asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the purpose and result of the latest Ministeriat visit to Cairo: and what progress was made thereby in securing the release of the British ships illegally confined in the Suez Canal.

Mr. M. Stewart: My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster visited Cairo as the guest of the United Amb Republic Government and had useful discussions with President Nasser and other personalities. The ships were among the subjects discussed, but the military situation along the Canal makes progress in securing their release difficult

at present.

Hong Kong

Mr. Rankin asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider creating in Hong Kong city council in place of the existing urban council giving it greater responsibility in regard to finance and administration.

Mr. Foley: The Governor is now formulating proposals for a degree of reorganisation of the local administration in the colony. These will include pro- posals relating to the constitution, func lions, powers and responsibilities of the urban council.

Mr. Wall asked the Secretary of State

Mr. Anthony Grey

for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what compensation will be given by Her Majesty's Government to Mr. Anthony Grey in view of the fact that his im- prisonment was due to events in Hong Kong.

Mr. Foley: It is cause for the deepest satisfaction that Mr. Grey's long ut. justified detention by the Chinese au- orities has ended. I appreciate . hon. Member's suggestion that we should pay tribute to the fortitude and courage of Mr. Grey. I shall be considering in what way we can most appropriately show our admiration,

European Convention on Establishment

Mr. Ellis asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have now decided to ratify the European Con- vention on Establishment.

Mr. Foley: Yes; Her Majesty's Gov- ernment have decided to ratify the Convention. The instrument of ratifica- tion has been sent to Strasbourg to be deposited with the Secretariat of the Council of Europe.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Mr. Judd asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to assist in over- coming the financial crisis in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Mr. Foley: We consider U.N.R.W.A.'s financial problems could

that

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QUESTION BY MR. PATRICK WALL:

ANTHONY GREY

Mr. Wall's question arrives at a difficult moment.

Our handling of the Grey affair was criticised with some

bitterness this morning in the Daily Mail and it is important

at this juncture to avoid suggesting that we have a negative

attitude to Kr. Grey personally.

2. We cannot at this stage undertake to give financial

compensation to Mr. Grey for what he has suffered at the

hands of the Chinese. H.K.G. are not directly responsible

for his illegal detention and no claim against the Crown

for compensation could succeed in an English court. There

remain however two possibilities which should not be ruled out

at this staɛe;-

(a)

(b)

H.K.G. could on behalf of Mr. Grey claim damages from

the Chinese for his illegal detention. In view of the

continued detention of other British subjects this is

not en appropriate time, but a claim might be made in

the context of wider claims negotiations.

An ex gratia payment, which would in due course be

approved by Parliament, could be made to Mr. Grey.

▲ request for such a payment would however require

careful consideration of the possibility that an

unfortunate precedent might be set.

3. In these circumstances, it is perhaps best to side-step

the question of financial compensation.

The draft reply

/ expresses

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expesses our satisfaction that Mr. Grey has been rebased

and makes it clear that we feel that some unspecifired

gesture in his direction is appropriate.

What we have in

mind in fact is the award of some form of decoration.

understand that a recommendation in this sense has already

gone forward to No. 10 Downing Street.

4. Claims Department, Hong Kong Department and Legal

Advisers agree.

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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NO. 86

10 OCTOBER 1969

SECRET

FOLLOWING FOR F.C.O: FROM CONSUL -GENERAL FRANKFURT

FLASH TELEGRAM NO. 86 TO F.C.0. DATED 10 OCT #69

точи

REFERENCE KARACHI TELEGRAM NO.242/TO YOU.

FRANKFURT AIRPORT IS NOTORIOUSLY ACCESSIBLE TO JOURNALISTS. IT COULD BE HELPFUL IF WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE LOCAL BEA/ BOAC REPRESENTATIVE EITHER TO ALLOW THESE PASSENGERS TO REMAIN ON THE PLANE OR TO PUT THEM IN A SPECIAL WAITING ROOM AWAY FROM THE PRESS. MAY WE DO THIS?

MR. BALLANTYNE

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REGISTRY No.50 140CT 1969

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 243 OF 18 OCTOBER

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.

WE HAVE SEEN DAILY MAIL REPORT BY DICKIE ALLEGING THAT GREY IS QUOTE DISSATISFIED WITH BRITISH GOVERNMENTS HANDLING OF HIS CASE UNQUOTE AND THAT THERE IS PRESSURE FROM CERTAIN QUARTERS TO PREVENT HIM TELLING.

2. WALDEN WHO HAS BEEN WITH GREY CONSTANTLY SINCE HIS RELEASE IS CERTAIN THAT HE HAS MADE NO SUCH COMPLAINT. GREY HIMSELF HAS EXPRESSED INDIGNATION AT THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH UNFOUNDED REPORTS. GREY HAS REPEATED HIS DETERMINATION TO QUOTE TELL THE WHOLE STORY UNQUOTE ABOUT HIS CONFINEMENT AFTER HIS RETURN BRITAIN.

F.C.O. PASS TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.

MR. STOUT

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H.K.D.

MR. WILFORD

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 242

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 242 OF 19 OCTOBER RFI RAWALPINDI ROME AND

FRANKFURT

GREY CAMPBELL AND SISSONS WILL DEPART KARACHI AT 0125 SUNDAY

12 OCTOBER ON FLIGHT BA723. PLEASE INFORM LONG AND HORTON OF

REUTERS. SHOULD STRESS THIS FLIGHT BEING KEPT SECRET HERE AS NO

WISH RECURRENCE DACCA/KARACHI EXPERIENCE WHEN GREY PESTERED BY PRESS

FCO PASS FLASH TO ROME AND FRANKFURT.

MR. STOUT.

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ADVANCE COPIES SENT

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FLASH KARACHI

TELEGRAM NO 241

CONFINENTIAL

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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

9 OCTOBEN 1969

ADDRESSED FCO TELNO. 8241 OF 9 OCTOBER RFI PEKING

(FCO PLEASE PASS IMMEDIATE).

RL REGI

10 OCT 1969

FEC 13011

GREY ARRIVED ON SCHEDULE AND IS STOPPING OVER FOR

TWENTY FOUR HOURS.

MR. STOUT

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SH DACCA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

FLASH DACCA TEL UNNUMBERED TO KARACHI

9 OCTOBER 1969

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ADDRESSED TO KARACHI TEL UNNUMBERED OF 9 OCTOBER

REPEATED FOR INFORMATIO TO F.C.0. AND RAWALPINDI

10 OCT 1969

LEC 134/11 91410

GRAY LEFT DACCA 15 MINUTES LATE. HE STAYED ON BOARD WITH WALDRON AND PIA DID GOOD JOB IN REPELLING SMALL BAND OF LOCAL PRESS. SMALLWOOD AND I HAD SHORT CHAT TACTFULLY MENTIONING COMMENTS REFERRED TO IN EARLIER MESSAGES. HE LOOKED RATHER TIRED BUT QUITE WELL AND SPOKE SENSIBLY. CAMPBELL AND MCDOWELL OF REUTERS HAZLEHURST OF TIMES, MALIK PAK STRINGER FOR DAILY TELEGRAPH, BRODIE OF EXPRESS, WRIGHT AND LAWRENCE › OF BBC ARE ON PLANE. CAMPBELL HAS BEEN PROMISED IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE BY PIA WITHOUT APPEARANCE. HE HOPES YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SAME FOR CUSTOMS AND HEALTH SO THAT GRAY CAN BE HASTENED AWAY QUIETLY. HE MAY ALSO

ASK YOU TO GIVE GRAY BED FOR NIGHT

MR. FOX

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IEWS DEPT.

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CYPHER/CAT A

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMER 610

9 OCTOBER 1969

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO, 610 OF 9 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR

INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.

MY TELNO. 607.

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RIC:

10 OCT 1969

FEC 132

WE HAVE SENT A NOTE FROM GREY TO THE MFA AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE BUREAU PUTTING ON RECORD THE VARIOUS ARRANGEMENTS

WHICH HE HAS MADE TO KEEP ON HIS HOUSE AND SER-

VANTS. NOTE ALSO STATES THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF A REUTERS CORRESPONDENT THIS OFFICE QUOTE WILL ACT ON BEHALF OF REUTERS, AFTER CONSULTING AS NECESSARY WITH LONDON, IN MATTERS

WHICH MAY ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGENCY'S

EMPLOYEES OR PROPERTY IN PEKING UNQUOTE. (COPY FOLLOWS

BY BAG)

4. YOU WILL NO DOUBT LET ME KNOW IN DUE COURSE WHAT REUTERS

THINKING IS ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF THEIR OFFICE HERE.

AS I SAID IN MY LETTER TO MURRAY OF 26 AUGUST,

IT WOULD SEEM TO ME SENSIBLE FOR THEM TO ALLOW A DECENT IN-

TERVAL TO ELAPSE BEFORE CONSIDERING THE APP-

OINTMENT OF A NEW REPRESENTATIVE. CHOU EN-LAI'S

REMARKS REPORTED IN MY TEL 590 WERE FOLLOWED UP YEST-

ERDAY AT ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC DINNER_{WHICH

/I DID

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I DID NOT ATTEND) BY A SIMILAR STATEKENT ABOUT

GREY BEING WELCOME TO STAY ON. A MEMBER OF THE

NEWS DEPARTMENT OF MFA SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD CORRESPONDENTS

THAT HAD GREY ASKED FOR HIS PRESS CARD,

WHICH HAD EXPIRED, TO BE REVALIDATED THIS COULD HAVE

BEEN DONE. ALL THIS SUGGESTS THEY ARE LIKELY TO

ACCEPT A REPLACEMENT, IF OFFERED.

MR. DENSON

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NEWS DEPT

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EN CLAIR

COMMONERETH IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMON ERLTH OFFICE

TELNO 609 9 OCTOBER, 1969

10 OCT 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

ADDRESSED TO FCO TELN0.609 OF 9 OCTOBER AND TO KIÁRʻACHI,

DACCA RFI HONG KONG AND PHNOM PENH.

MY TELNO591.

GREY ACCOMPANIED BY WALDEN LEFT PEKING THIS MORNING (9 OCTOBER).

HE WAS SEEN OFF BY MYSELF AND MEMBERS OF MY STAFF AND OUR

FAMILIES.

PEKING BASED FOREIGN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE

LAOTIAN AND INDIAN EMBASSIES WERE ALSO PRESENT.

MR. DENSON

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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO 637

9 OCTOBER 1969.

R. DIV D

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10 OCT 1969

ADDSD TO FCO TELNO 687 OF 9 OCTOBER RFI IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

KARACHI DACCA

MY TELNO 598

FEC 136|1

WHEN GREY ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN HE WILL PASS OUT OF OUR HANDS INTO

THOSE OF REUTERS. HE HAS SHOWN IMPRESSIVE SELF-CONTROL AND HAS DEALT

COMENDABLY WITH THE PREPARATIONS

FOR HIS DEPARTURE. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE

TO HELP HIM. HE HAS STAYED WITH WALDEN WHO HAS REMAINED

WITH HIM AT ALL TIMES AND WILL ACCOMPANY HIM TO KARACHI.

GREY HAS SEVERAL TIMES EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION

FOR THIS SUPPORT. HE HAS NOT DIRECTLY COMMENTED IN ANY

CRITICAL WAY ON HMG'S HANDLING OF THE CASE NOR MENTIONED

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND HE WILL I THINK NOT BE HASTY

TO DO SO. I HAVE NOT THEREFORE THOUGHT IT NECESSARY

OR ADVISABLE TO SPEAK IN THE TERMS SUGGESTED IN TELNO 344 ( NOT TO ALL ). GREY HAS INDICATED HE WILL WISH TO

TALK TO HIS REUTERS COLLEAGUES BEFORE MAKING ANY

SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT ON HIS PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT.

2. THE CHINESE, AFTER THEIR INITIAL UNPLEASANTNESS

IN DRAGGING OUT THE PROCESS OF HIS RELEASE

AND NOT TELLING US WHERE IT WAS TO TAKE PLACE HAVE

BEEN REASONABLE ABOUT HIS DEPARTURE ARRANGEMENTS FROM PEKING. THEY HAVE NOT INSISTED ON HIS MAKING A PERSONAL APPLICATION

FOR HIS EXIT VISA, AND WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO CONDUCT ALL DEALINGS WITH OFFICIALDOM ON HIS BEHALF

FCO PASS IMMEDIATE KARACHI AND DACCA

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IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

1:0 605

8 OCTOBER, 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

R. [

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ADDRESSED TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO. 685 OF 8 OCTOBER RFI

IMMEDIATE KARACHI.

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10 OCT 1969

FEC 130

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YOUR TELEGRAM 357. PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM GREY

TO HORTON, REUTERS, BEGINS.

THANKS YOUR LATEST MESSAGE ABOUT KARACHI DACCA ETC. THANK MISS

MCGUINN KIND OFFER BUT INSIST SHE REMAINS LONDON,

LOOK FORWARD MEETING CAMPBELL, MACDOWALL KARACHI, REGARDS

AND THANKS. ENDS.

MR. DENSON

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ADVANCE COPIES SENT

COVERING CONFIDENTIAL

7.87 (037)

дер

onter

Private Secretary

Private

CABINET MEETING

Chursday, 9 October, 1969

I attach a Speaking Note on Mr. Anthony Grey,

the Reuters correspondent, for use by the Secretary of

State in Cabinet tomorrow.

Copy to: Mr. Wilford

COVERING CONFIDENTIAL

Canton

bitson

(C. Wilson)

8 October, 1969.

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Speaking Note

ME, ANTHONY GREY

Mr. Anthony Grey, the Reuters correspondent in Peking,

was released from house-arrest on 4 October.

He is in

comparatively good health, though showing predictable signs

of strain. He is leaving Peking today but on his way

home will probably stop in Karachi for a few days to recover

from his ordeal.

2. The Chinese indicated to us in July that they would

restore Mr. Gray's freedom of movement when eleven Chinese

newsworkers who were convicted on charges arising from the

disturbances there in 1967 were released from prison in

Hong Kong. The last of these was released on 3 October

having earned full remission of his sentence. The Chinese kept their worla and released Kr. Grey the next day.

Sino-British relations have improved slightly over the

past few months mainly at working level but they remain poor.

Mr. Grey's release removes one of the difficulties in our

relations and we hope that it will lead to a further

relaxation.

the

Twelve other British subjects are known to be detained

by the Chinese. In spite of repeated representations,

Chinese have consistently refused to provide detailed

information on the charges agüinst them or to grant consular

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accesв. We last made representations to the Chinese on

their behalf two weeks ago and intend to keep up the

pressure. We are hoping that with the gradual improvement

in our relations the Chinese will be less unco-operative

in future.

Far Eastern Department,

FOREIGN AND COLLIONWEALTH OFFICE, S.W.1.

9 October, 1969.

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IMMEDIATE PEKING IMMEDIATE PEKING TEL NO1 TO KARACHI, 8 OCTOBER 1969

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

UNCLASSIFIED

R. IV IN R.G..

ADDRESSED TO IMMEDIATE KARACHI TEL NO.1 OF 8 OCTOBER

RFI IMMEDIATE FCO, DACCA AND PRIORITY TO HONGKONG.

MY TEL NO.593 TO FCO PARA 4.

fiozu

10 OCT 1969

FEL

Far Hill

GRATEFUL IF PERSON NAMED COULD BE BOOKED ON PIA FLIGHT WHICH

ARRIVES IN SHANGHAI ON SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER, AND THENCE BY

CAAC TO PEKING ON SAME DAY.

HE WILL BE IN POSSESSION OF OPEN DATED TOURIST TICKET

KARACHI /SHANGHAI/PEKING. CAAC ARE UNABLE TO GIVE FIRM BOOKING

HERE.

MR. DENSON

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ADVANCE

COPIES

SENT

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EN CLAIR

PRIORITY DACCA TO RAWALPINDI

7035

TELNO 551 8 OCTOBER 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM DACCA 1

10 OCT 1969

FEC 130

BEGINS PAKISTAN OBSERVER PAGE ONE TODAY QUOTES FOREIGN OFFICE

SPOKESMAN IN LONDON SAYING ANTHONY GREY HAS BEEN GRANTED EXIT VISA,

AL PARAGRAPH OF STORY SAYS QUOTE IN PHNOM PENH TODAY A 2.. FIN

BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICIAL SAID MR GREY WOULD BE SPENDING A FEW MORE DAYS IN PEKING TO REST BEFORE LEAVING FOR BRITAIN VIA DACCA UN QUOTE. 3...SIMILAR STORY IN MORNING NEWS. ENDS.

MR. TWIST

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NEWS DEPT

SOUTH ASIAN DEPT

MR. WILFORD

ELISE H. A. LIENESCH

Rotterdam,

Noordsingel 66b

Telefoon 87922

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October 7th. 1969

Far Eastern Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

LONDON S.W. 1

attention C.Wilson Esq.

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10 OCT 1969

FEC 134/1

Your ref.FEC 13C/1

Dear Sirs

Mr. Anthony Gray

I have before me your esteemed letter dated 10th April 1969 on the above subject.

With great pleasure I read in the newspapers that Mr. Anthony Grey has been released.

I would be very glad to be able to write him in order to show him also in the name of many Dutchmen

my joy. May I, therefore, request you kindly to let me know where Mr.Grey is living at present, adding the exact address ?

I thank you very much for the trouble caused you and meanwhile I remain, Dear Sirs

Yours faithfully

(Miss E.H.A.Lienesch)

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TELEGRAM NO 359

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7 OCTOBER 1969

(FED)

UNCLASSIFIED

EC 134/1

Following message for Anthony Grey from Miss McGuinn.

Thank you for your messages have sent a cable and letters to your house. Absolutely delighted you are free. forward to seeing you soon. Lots of love Shirley.

Looking

STEWART

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ANTHONY GREY.

MR. ANTHONY GREY, REUTERS CORRESPONDENT IN CHINA, WAS RELEASED FROM HOUSE ARREST IN PEKING ON 4 OCTOBER. IT IS EXPECTED THAT HE WILL LEAVE PEKING IN THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK AND RETURN TO

LONDON. MR. GREY HAS BEEN UNDER HOUSE ARREST SINCE 21 JULY 1967. FOR MOST OF THAT TIME HE WAS CONFINED TO ONE ROOM.

2. THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS DURING RECENT MONTHS MAINLY AT THE WORKING LEVEL ALTHOUGH THEY REMAIN POOR, WE ARE HOPING THAT THE RELEASE OF GREY WILL LEAD TO A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN OUR RELATIONS BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY DRASTIC

DEVELOPMENTS. MOREOVER THERE ARE STILL TWELVE BRITISH SUBJECTS

DETAINED IN CHINA. (FOR DETAILS SEE HANSARD OF 23 JUNE: COLS 974-975.) THE CHINESE HAVE CONSISTENLY TAKEN THE LINE THAT THESE

PEOPLE HAVE OFFENDED AGAINST CHINESE LAWS AND THAT THEIR CASES ARE

BEING DEALT WITH ON THEIR MERITS. WE HAVE REPEATEDLY MADE REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE TWELVE (MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS) BUT HAVE MADE NO PROGRESS.

3. THE HISTORY OF THE ARREST.

ON 22 JULY 1967, THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCED THAT "'IN VIEW OF THE HONG KONG BRITISH AUTHORITIES' UNREASONABLE

PERSECUTION OF THE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE

NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY PATRIOTIC NEWSMEN, THE CHINESES GOVERNMENT HAVE DECIDED TO LIMIT THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT OF THE REUTERS CORRESPONDENT IN PEKING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE." THIS WAS A REFERENCE TO THE ARREST OF EIGHT CHINESE COMMUNIST JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG, OF WHOM THREE WERE EMPLOYED BY THE NCNA, IN AUGUST 1967, SEVEN OF

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THE MEN WERE FINED AND RELEASED: ONE NCNA REPORTER WAS IMPRISONED

AND RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1968.

4. AFTER MR. GREY'S ARREST, MORE JOURNALISTS AND NEWSPAPER WORKERS, INCLUDING AN NCNA CORRESPONDENT, WERE ARRESTED IN HONG KONG AND WERE SENTENCED TO TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT. IN DECEMBER 1968, THE NCNA SAID THAT THE CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT OF THESE MEN JUSTIFIED THE CHINESE IN CONTINUING TO HOLD MR. GREY.

5. THE POSSIBILITY OF EXCHANGING MR. GREY FOR ONE OR SEVERAL OF THE DETAINED NEWSWORKERS WAS NEVER OPEN TO US. IN FACT, IT BECAME CLEAR AT AN EARLY STAGE THAT A SOLUTION OF THIS TYPE WAS UNACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE.

6. HOWEVER, IN JULY THIS YEAR, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT INDICATED TO US IN LONDON AND PEKING THAT IF ALL THE CHINESE NEWS WORKERS WERE RELEASED IN HONG KONG, MR. GREY'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WOULD BE RESTORED.

7. AFTER VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, IT WAS DECIDED THAT PREMATURE RELEASE IN HONG KONG OF THE NEWSWORKERS COULD NOT BE ALLOWED AS IT WOULD INVOLVE INTERFERENCE IN HONG KONG'S JUDICIAL PROCESS AND UNDERMINE LOCAL CONFIDENCE.

8. AT THIS POINT THERE WERE ELEVEN NEWSWORKERS STILL IN PRISON IN HONG KONG. HOWEVER, WITH MAXIMUM REMISSION OF SENTENCE FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR THE LAST OF THE ELEVEN, WONG CHAK, WAS RELEASED ON 3 OCTOBER. IN MAY THIS YEAR HIS SENTENCE WAS REDUCED TO THREE YEARS ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HONG KONG PRISON BOARD OF REVIEW, AS PART OF A REVIEW OF ALL SENTENCES OF MORE THAN FOUR YEARS FOR OFFENCES CONNECTED WITH THE 1967 DISTURBANCES. (OTHER PRISONERS HAVE ALSO HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED).

9. MR. GREY'S TREATMENT.

MR. GREY'S CONDITIONS UNDER HOUSE ARREST WERE SEVERE ALTHOUGH

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IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THEY IMPROVED SLIGHTLY, HIS TELEPHONE WAS CUT OFF IN AUGUST 1967, AND APART FROM THREE VISITS BY OUR MISSION HIS ONLY CONTACT HAS BEEN WITH HIS GUARDS AND SERVANTS.

FOR MOST OF THE TIME HE HAS BEEN CONFINED TO ONE ROOM OF HIS HOUSE

AND DENIED READING MATERIAL EXCEPT CHINESE JOURNALS (WHICH HE CANNOT READ) AND THE CHINESE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERIODICAL PEKING REVIEW:

THE ROOM WAS HOT IN SUMMER AND COLD IN WINTER, MR. GREY WAS ALLOWED TWO PERIODS OF 40 MINUTES EXERCISE PER DAY. IN JULY THIS YEAR, HIS CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVED, WITH ACCESS TO MORE ROOMS, LONGER EXERCISE PERIODS, ACCESS TO HIS BOOKS, AND PERMISSION TO LISTEN TO HIS RADIO (INCLUDING THE B B C).

19. DURING MR. GREY'S DETENTION, THE CHINESE HAVE ALLOWED ONLY THREE VISITS BY MEMBERS OF H.M. MISSION. NONE LASTED LONGER THAN

40 MINUTES. THEY WERE OBTAINED ONLY AFTER REPEATED REQUESTS BY

THE MISSION AND THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND WERE ALLOWED

IN RETURN FOR SPECIAL VISITS TO THE CHINESE NEWS WORKERS IMPRISONED

IN HONG KONG.

11. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 AND 7, THE WHOLE OF THIS GUIDANCE MAY BE USED FREELY. PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 AND 7 CAN BE USED

UNATTRIBUTABLY,

STEWART.

BY TELEGRAPH:

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TOKYO

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EN CLAIR

IMMEDIATE

IMMEDIA TE

HONG KONG

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 189 TO PEKING -8 OCT 1969-

7 OCTOBER 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

EC 174.

ADDRESSED PEKING TELEGRAM 169 OF 7 OCTOBER RFI FCO. FOLLOWING FOR ANTHONY GREY FROM CAMPBELL, REUTERS, BEGINS 1- TONY, IT WOULD HELP OUR PLANNING TO KNOW IN ADVANCE IF YOU HAVE VIEWS ABOUT STOPPING OVER IN KARACHI OR GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH TO LONDON, PERSONALLY I FEEL A BREAK AT KARACHI IS DESIRABLE AS IT IS A LONG AND TIRING FLIGHT AND BESIDES IT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO DISCUSS SEVERAL MATTERS OF PRIME INTEREST TO YOU IN MORE RELAXED CONDITIONS. IT WOULD ALSO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO MAKE PERSONAL TELEPHONE CALLS TO ENGLAND. WHAT I HAD IN MIND WAS A 24 OR 48 HOURS STOPOVER DURING WHICH YOU WOULD BE AS EFFECTIVELY QUARANTINED FROM NEWSMEN AND CAMERA CREWS AS REUTER COLLEAGUES AND I COULD MANAGE. WE COULD THEN FLY ON TO LONDON EITHER DIRECT OR BY SOME OTHER ROUTE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. ALTERNATIVELY IF YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH TO LONDON ON THE PIA FLIGHT I PLAN TO JOIN YOU. PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENT IS THAT NICHOLAS MOORE KARACHI STAFFER WILL MEET YOU AT DACCA AND FLY ON TO KARACHI, IN LONDON A CONCENTRATION OF PRESS AT THE AIRPORT IS INEVITABLE AND FEEL TOO YOU BETTER PREPARED FOR THAT AFTER SUGGESTED KARACHI SESSION. BESTEST, DOON,

ENDS.

SIR D. TRENCH

FILES

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H.K.D.

CONLUL. D.

NEWS D.

MR. WILFORD

ADVANCE COPIES SENT

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EN CLAIR

IMMEDIATE PEKING

ELKO.601

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

7 OCTOBER, 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

ADDRESSED TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO.601 OF 7 OCTOBER RFI

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, KARACHI AND DACCA.

MY TEL NO.598.

(14)

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EXIT VISAS RECEIVED AND BOOKINGS HAVE NOW BEEN MADE.

WE ARE STILL ONLY TELLING PRESS ENQUIRERS (APART FROM REUTERS)

THAT WE EXPECT MR GREY TO LEAVE SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

MR. DENSON

FILES

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NEWS DEPT.

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GGGGG

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INMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO 599 7 OCTOBER, 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

ADDRESSED TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO,599 OF 7 OCTOBER

TOP COPY

Гризра

- 8 OCT 1969

FEC 130/1k

PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM GREY TO BRIAN HORTON, REUTERS.

BEGINS.

THANKS YOUR MESSAGE WHICH GIVES JUST KIND OF GUIDANCE REQUIRED

ON HOUSE STAFF ETC. I SHALL PAY WAGES FOR OCTOBER TO THREE

STAFF TELLING THEM THEY REMAIN EMPLOYED UNTIL THEY HEAR

OTHERWISE. REGULAR RENT DEMAND FOR FINAL QUARTER THIS YEAR

HAS ARRIVED AND WILL PAY THIS LEAVING REUTERS IN POSSESSION

OF HOUSE AND ITS CONTENTS UNTIL YEAR END. THUS I LEAVE PEKING

WITH ALL OPTIONS OPEN.

I SHALL ASK CHINESE AUTHORITIES IN WRITING TO ALLOW BRITISH

MISSION TO MAKE ANY NECESSARY PAYMENTS ETC ON OUR BEHALF IN

ABSENCE OF A CORRESPONDENT MEANWHILE ARRANGEMENTS PROCEEDING

FOR DEPARTURE THURSDAY FROM SHANGHAI TO DACCA KARACHI ETC.

TODAY I RECEIVED MESSAGE FROM DOON CAMPBELL ABOUT PLANNING

HOMEWARD JOURNEY, STOPPING OVER IN KARACHI, TELL HIM, SEEMS

GOOD IDEA TO ME. I FAVOUR ANYTHING THAT SOFTENS THE FINAL

CRUNCH AT LONDON AIRPORT.

/AY

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MY DECISION TO DELAY DEPARTURE FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY IS

PROVING TO BE GOOD ONE AS I AM FEELING MORE MY NORMAL SELF

WITH EACH PASSING DAY, IT IS PROVISIONALLY PLANNED THAT MEMBER

OF MISSION HERE WILL ACCOMPANY ME AS FAR AS KARACHI BUT CAMPBELLS

SUGGESTION THAT NICHOLAS MOORE MEETS ME IN DACCA IS ALSO GOOD

ONE.

FRUST YOU WILL KEEP MOTHER CLOSELY INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS

AND ASSURE HER THE DELAY IN DEPARTURE IS MY IDEA AND IS HELPING

MY READJUSTMENT GREATLY.

! AMIN GOOD SPIRITS AND HEALTH. THANKS FOR ALL THE CONSIDERATION

AND SYMPATHETIC PLANNING, REGARDS TO ALL.

ENDS.

MR. DENSON

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CYPHER/CAT A

IMMEDIATE PEKING

TO FOREIGN AND CORMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 598

7 OCTOBER 1969.

- 8 OCT 1969

FEC 13C

NFIDENTIAL.

ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO. 598 OF 7 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION IMMEDIATE TO HONG KONG KARACHI AND DACCA.

MY TELNO. 593.

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CZECH DOCTOR HAS NOW SEEN GREY. HE SAYS HE IS PHYSICALLY NORMAL AND PHSYCHOLOGICALLY BETTER THAN HE IMAGINED HE WOULD BE. HE NEVERTHELESS BELIEVES IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE PROCESS OF HIS RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE. MEANWHILE HE NEEDS QUIET, SLEEP AND GOOD FOOD. IT WOULD BE BEST IF HE WAS NOT CONFRONTED BY TOO MANY PEOPLE BUT DESIRABLE FOR HIM TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH HIM.

2. OUR NURSE WAS PRESENT WITH THE DOCTOR AND HAS GIVEN GREY AND WALDEN FIRST CHOLERA INJECTIONS. BOTH GREY AND WALDEN HAVE HAD SMALLPOX VACCINATIONS WITHIN LAST THREE YEARS.

3. REUTERS FROM TOKYO HAVE JUST TELEPHONED A MESSAGE FROM DON CAMBELL TO GREY SUGGESTING THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE FOR HIM TO STOP OVER IN KARACHI. GREY HAS READILY AGREED TO THIS AND WILL (GP OMITTED ? KEEP) IN TOUCH WITH HORTON AND TOKYO. I AM SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION AND WILL ENABLE REUTERS AND THEIR MEDICAL ADVISERS THERE TO ASSESS HOW GREY IS STANDING UP TO THE JOURNEY

AND IN PARTICULAR WHETHER THEY REALLY WISH TO SUBMIT HIM TO A

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ARRIVAL IN LONDON.

4. MFA HAVE GRANTED VISA AND WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE GREY'S FROM

PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU THIS AFTERNOON. I SHALL TELEGRAPH AS SOON

AS FIRM BOOKINGS HAVE BEEN MADE.

FCO PASS IMMEDIATE KARACHI AND DACCA,

MR. DENSON.

/REPEATED AS REQUESTED ALSO REPEATED PRIORITY TO

FILES

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ALNO 597

7 OCTOBER, 1969

UNCLASSIFIED

- 8 OCT 1969

FEAR. 134.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 347.

GREY HAS ASKED ME TO PASS YOU THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE.

BEGINS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND MESSAGE.

EVERYBODY AT MISSION HERE BEING ENORMOUSLY KIND, SMOOTHING THE

WAY BACK TO NORMALITY FOR ME.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

ENDS.

MR. DENS ON

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A. GREY, 16 MALVERN

PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO MRS. A. GREY,

ROAD, NORWICH, AND TO MISS SHIRLEY MCGUINN, 57 YORK STREET

LONDON W.1.

1026

TAKING THINGS EASY WITH GOOD FRIENDS WHILE PREPARATIONS GO

AHEAD FOR MY DEPARTURE LATER IN THE WEEK, WILL LET YOU KNOW

EXACT TIME WHEN BOOKINGS ETC. ARE COMPLETED.

WITH LOVE, TONY.

MR. DENSON

PILES

F.E.D.

CONS DEPT.

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 357

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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 357 OF 7 OCTOBER REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION TO KARACHI.

PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO GREY FROM HORTON, REUTERS. BEGINS.

UNDERSTAND YOU GOT CAMPBELL'S MESSAGE ABOUT KARACHI STOP-OVER

AND THAT YOU HAVE AGREED. PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS VERY WISE

DECISION. ALSO FULLY SUPPORT YOUR VIEW NOT REPEAT HOT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CONFINEMENT PERIOD AT THIS STAGE. AS CAMPBELL STATED THERE IS BOUND TO BE CONSIDERABLE PRESS ATTENTION AT DACCA STOP-OVER AND KARACHI AND WE HOPE TO HAVE COLLEAGUE, PROBABLY NICHOLAS MOORE, JOINING PLANE AT DACCA TO HELP CONTROL SITUATION, MISS MCGUINN HAS OFFERED TO COME OUT TO KARACHI DURING STOP-OVER

THERE AND FLY BACK WITH YOU TO LONDON. IF YOU THINK THIS GOOD IDEA

WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS THIS END. GRATEFUL LET

ME KNOW SOONEST. AT KARACHI DOON CAMPBELL AND IAN MACDOWALL WILL

MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AND WHILE IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO AVOID ANY PRESS

COVERAGE WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO KEEP THIS TO ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AND

SUGGEST QUOTE HELLO-GOODBYE UNQUOTE TECHNIQUE YOU USED WITH AFP

IN PEKING MAY BE BEST SOLUTION. BEST REGARDS, ENDS,

STEWART

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IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN AND COKKONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 593

CONFIDENTIAL.

6 OCTOBER 1969

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RFI HONG KONG DACCA KARACHI PHMOM PENH

1018

YOUR TELNO 350 AND MY TELNO 591.

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REGISTRY No. 30

- 6 OCT 1969

FEC 136/1

GREY IS SHOWING SOME PREDICTABLE SIGNS OF STRAIN. AMONG OTHER THINGS HE DOES NOT WISH TO BE RUSHED AND HAS BEEN MOST RELUCTANT TO AGREE TO SEE A DOCTOR.

I THOUGHT IT BEST NOT TO PUSH HIM BUT HAVE NOW PERSUADED HIM TO DO SO TOMORROW MORNING (7 OCTOBER). HE WILL AT THE SAME TIME HAVE THE FIRST CHOLERA INJECTION. WE DO NOT HOWEVER THINK IT FEASIBLE FOR HIM TO HAVE A SMALLPOX VACCINATION AND THE SECOND CHOLERA BEFORE HE LEAVES (YOUR TELNO 355 (NOT TO ALL) REFERS).

2. I THOUGHT IT BEST TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF THE CZECH EMBASSY DOCTOR WHO IS A MATURE AND HELPFUL MAN AND MUCH MORE EXPERIENCED THAN THE YOUNG NATIONAL SERVICE DOCTOR AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY. THE CZECH AMBASSADOR HAS AGREED SUBJECT TO THE FACT OF THE EXAMINATION

BEING KEPT ENTIRELY CONFIDENTIAL SINCE HE IS AFRAID THAT THE POSITION OF HIS DOCTOR COULD BE PREJUDICED IF THE CHINESE FOUND OUT HE HAD BEEN ATTENDING GREY. I MUST ASK THAT HIS WISHES BE RESPECTED ABSOLUTELY AND THAT

IF POSSIBLE NOTHING SHOULD BE SAID TO THE PRESS ABOUT HIS

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HAVING BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR. IT COULD IF NECESSARY

BE SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN OUR NURSE. HE WAS NOT REPEAT NOT SEEN BY A CHINESE DOCTOR BEFORE HIS RELEASE. THE LAST MEDICAL EXAMINATION HE HAD WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

3. I WILL REPORT THE DOCTOR'S OPINION IMMEDIATELY IT IS RECEIVED. BUT I MUST EMPHASISE THAT IN MY VIEW IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE ABSOLUTE ASSURANCES ABOUT GREY'S FITNESS (PARTICULARLY HIS MENTAL FITNESS) TO FACE A LONG JOURNEY ENDING WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE.

I NEVERTHELESS THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT HE SHOULD BE GOT OUT OF CHINA AS SOON AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE. IN THE LIGHT OF THE DOCTOR'S OPINION, REUTERS

MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHETHER HE SHOULD BREAK

HIS JOURNEY FOR A TIME AT KARACHI OR WHETHER IF HE DOES NOT, THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN LONDON SHOULD

BE POSTPONED OR VERY STRICTLY LIMITED IN LENGTH.

4. INTEND TO SEND GEORGE WALDEN, SECOND SECRETARY

I (PASSPORT NUMBER 763430 ISSUED FOREIGN OFFICE

19 JULY 1963) WITH HIM AS FAR AS KARACHI. (WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF HE COULD BE ACCOMMODATED AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR HIM TO RETURN ON THE EARLIEST AVAILABLE FLIGHT).

FCO PASS IMMEDIATE KARACHI PRIORITY PHNOM PENH AND DACCA.

MR. DENSON

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Addressed to FCO telegram No.591 of 6 October, Repeated for information to Hong Kong, Dacca, Karachi,

and Phnom Penh,

My telegram No.587. Grey.

Grey now wishes to postpone departure until

9 October, and we shall try to book him on PK 751 to Dacca and thence by PK 727/711 to London.

Hr.Denson.

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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NO 354

TO PEKING

5 OCTOBER 1969 (IN)

FEC

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UNCLASSIFIED

FOLLOWING FOR GREY:

QUOTE FOR GREY FROM HORTON

(PERSONAL MESSAGE).

FURTHER MY EARLIER MESSAGE GLAD SEE YOU THAWING OUT. IT IS ABOUT TIME YOU WERE ABLE TO. HAVE HAD REPORT FROM CASEY OF YOUR CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELING REGARDING A.F.P. CORRESPONDENT. BUT THINK I SHOULD REPEAT ADVICE TO YOU TO

KEEP ALL CONTACTS WITH PRESS TO MINIMUM UNTIL YOU ARE OUT OF WILL CHINA AND HAVE HAD CHANCE TO TALK TO DOON CAMPBELL WHO EXPLAIN FURTHER. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CATCH AIR FRANCE FLIGHT FROM SHANGHAI ON TUESDAY RICHARD PARIS OF SINGAPORE OFFICE WILL HEET YOU AT PHNOM PENH AND IS BOOKED TO TRAVEL TO KARACHI WITH YOU. ALL GOOD WISHES. REUTER, UNQUOTE.

STEWART

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ELTO 353 5 OCTOBER, 1969 (IN)

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RIG! ...Y No.50

1969

FEC 136/1

PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO GREY:

FOR GREY FROM HORTON.

THANKS MESSAGES. IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET YOUR EXIT SAFELY ARRANGED. CAN DEAL WITH FORMALITIES, SEVERANCE ETC, LATER THROUGH MISSION AND AM IN TOUCH WITH FOREIGN OFFICE ABOUT THIS. SUBJECT YOUR LOCAL ADVICE THINK IT INADVISABLE AT THIS STAGE TO TAKE ANY ACTION WHICH COMMITS US EITHER TO DISCONTINUATION OR CONTINUATION OF REUTER BUREAU. WE CAN FIX THIS WHEN YOU ARE OUT. WE HAVE CONTINUED PAYING SUM FOR UPKEEP OF CFFICE AND YOUR LIVING ALLOWANCE

TO BANK OF CHINA, LONDON, AND GRATEFUL ADVISE WHETHER YOU KNOW THESE FUNDS ARRIVED PEKINC. IF NOT, OR IF YOU REQUIRE FUNDS, SURE

FISSION WILL HELP.

STEWART

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NEWS TEDT

SIR S.TOMLINSON

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TEC 1341

ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 590 OF 5 dCTOBER, REPEATED FOR

INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.

1020

WHEN CHOU EN LAI GREETED ME AT THE DINNER HE GAVE LAST NIGHT

FOR THE CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) PRIME MINISTER, HE SAID IN HALTING ENGLISH

"WELL GREY IS OUT, HE IS FREE". I REPLIED "HE IS NOT YET OUT OF

CHINA", CHOU ADDED "HE CAN STAY HERE IF HE LIKES". HE THEN GESTURED

TOWARDS A GROUP OF CORRESPONDENTS STANDING BEHIND AND SAID WITH A

BROAD SMILE "IS HE HERE TONIGHT" TO WHICH I REPLIED "NO, NOT TONIGHT!!

MR. DENSON

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GREY'S TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

NEWS DEPARTMENT ARE DECLINING AT PRESENT TO SPECULATE ON GREY'S POSSIBLE TRAVEL PLANS. THEY ARE SAYING THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT GREY WILL APPLY FOR AN EXIT VISA ON MONDAY AND THAT IT IS EXPECTED THAT HE WILL LEAVE PEKING IN THE

COURSE OF NEXT WEEK.

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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELERAM NO 358 OF 4/18 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO MOSCOW PHNOM PENH DACCA KARACHI AND HONG KONG.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 597: GREY.

ALTHOUGH GREY WOULD APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. REUTERS ARE ANXIOUS THAT HE SHOULD HAVE A PROPER MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION ABOUT HIS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. (MY TELEGRAM NO 340 OF 1 OCTOBER REFERS). IF HE IS TO TRAVEL BY THE AIR FRANCE FLIGHT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSURED THAT HE IS IN A FIT MENTAL STATE TO FACE UP TO THE STRAINS AND PRESSURES WHICH A LONG JOURNEY WILL INVOLVE INCLUDING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE END.

DID THE CHINESE GIVE HIM A MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE HE WAS RELEASED? IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ARRANGE FOR HIM TO SEE A EUROPEAN DOCTOR IN PEKING?

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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM GREY TO GERALD LONG,

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COMPLETE FREEDOM RESTORED AFTER COURTEOUS, BRIEF INTERVIEW

AT FOREIGN MINISTRY. CONDITIONS WOULD BE AS BEFORE MY FREEDOM

RESTRICTED. AN EXIT VISA COULD BE APPLIED FOR THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS.

PROVISIONALLY I PLAN TO DEPART FROM PEKING NEXT TUESDAY.

REGARDS TO ALL.

TONY GREY.

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MY TELEGRAM NO.583 (NOT TO ALL).

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I HAVE HAD A PRELIMINARY TALK WITH GREY.

HE LOOKS RATHER PALE BUT SAYS THAT HE IS IN GOOD HEALTH APART

FROM A SLIGHT COLD. WE WILL ARRANGE FOR HIM TO SEE THE NURSE

AFTER HE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX.

HE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, IF POSSIBLE, ON THE AIR FRANCE FLIGHT

AF 181 ON TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE

TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIM AND

THE ACCOMPANYING OFFICER.

KE HAVE DELIVERED REUTERS LETTER WITH WHICH HE SEEMS HAPPY

AND THE MESSAGE FROM YOU.

MR. DENSON

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GREY SEEMED TO BE IN A VERY BALANCED FRAME OF MIND THOUGH NOT SURPRISINGLY RATHER KEYED UP AND NERVOUS. THE ACCOUNT HE HAS GIVEN US OF HIS DETENTION INDICATES THAT THE CHINESE WERE EVEN MORE PETTY AND VINDICTIVE THAN WE HAD THOUGHT. HE IS CLEARLY RELUCTANT TO DEAL MORE THAN NECESSARY WITH CHINESE OFFICIALDOM NOW THAT HE IS FREE AND WE SHALL TRY TO SHIELD HIM AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO GO TO THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU THIS EVENING ABOUT HIS EXIT VISA. WE HOPE THAT THE CHINESE WILL BE WILLING TO ARRANGE THE NECESSARY

FORMALITIES ON MONDAY.

2. GREY WAS FULLY ALIVE TO THE POLITICAL DANGERS OF PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG AND READILY ASSENTED THAT HE SHOULD LEAVE BY ANOTHER ROUTE. HE HAS ENQUIRED ABOUT WHETHER THE BRITISH PRESS HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF HMG'S HANDLING OF HIS CASE BUT HAS HIMSELF SO FAR EXPRESSED NO VIEW. I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE CASES OF OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS DETAINED BUT I HAVE NOT THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO DRAW ON THE ARGUMENTS IN YOUR TELNO 344. I WILL,

I WILL, HOWEVER, DO SO IF NECESSARY LATER. AT PRESENT GREY'S MAIN RESENTMENT IS DIRECTED

TOWARDS THE CHINESE.

3. IN ANSWER TO PRESS ENQUIRIES HERE WE HAVE MERELY CONFIRMED THAT GREY'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT HAS BEEN RESTORED AND THAT HE IS WITH US. WE ARE DECLINING TO GRANT INTERVIEWS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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ELEGRAM NO.585

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Please pass following message to Miss Shirley McGuinn

57 York Street, London, W.1.

Released today three o'clock.

No restrictions.

Probably leaving for home in about three days.

All love, Tony.

MR. DENSON.

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RELEGRAM NO.584

- 6 OCT 1969

UNCLASSIFIED.

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PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO MRS. A. GREY 16 MALVERN ROAD,

NORWICH, NORFOLK,

CONDITIONS RESTORED TO NORMAL THREE O'CLOCK TODAY.

I AM PERFECTLY WELL, FREE TO DO AS I PLEASE.

PROBABLY LEAVING WITHIN THREE DAYS.

ALL MY LOVE TO YOU, JUNE, EVERBODY.

TONY.

MR. DENSON.

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My telegram No.582.

Grey is now with us,

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MR. DENSON.

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MOSCOW, PHNOM PENH, DACCA, KARACHI AND HONG KONG.

MY TELNO 581.

GREY IS NOW AT HIS HOUSE HAVING RETURNED FROM MFA.

GARSIDE IS WITH HIM AND WE INTEND TO BRING HIM TO DIPLOMATIC

COMPOUND WHERE I WILL TALK TO HIM.

MR. DENSON

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FEC. 132|1

TANG INFORMED ME THIS AFTERNOON THAT GREY WOULD BE RELEASED AT

3 PM. LOCAL TIME. HE WOULD NOT SAY WHERE THE RELEASE WOULD TAKE

PLACE BUT INDICATED IT WOULD NOT BE AT HIS HOUSE.

MEMBERS OF THE STAFF WILL WAIT OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE AND THE FOREIGN

MINISTRY AND SHALL BE AT THE MISSION.

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IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR URGENT INTERVIEW AT MEA, I WAS RECEIVED

THIS EVENING BY TANG, ACTING DIRECTOR OF WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT

AND INFORMED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE AWAITING A

PRECISE REPORT FROM NCNA IN HONG KONG ABOUT RELEASE OF WONG CHAK,

THEY WOULD INFORM US ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF GREY'S FREEDOM

OF MOVEMENT ON RECEIPT OF THIS.

2.1 TOLD TANG WE HAD RECEIVED CONFIRMATION OF THE RELEASE

AT 0906 HOURS THIS MORNING.

AS SOON AS CHINESE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THEIR SOURCES

WE THOUGHT THAT FORMALITIES FOR GREY'S DEPARTURE SHOULD BE

COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THAT WE SHNULD BE GRATEFUL

FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION, TANG UNDERTOOK TO BE IN TOUCH WITH

US TOMORROW.

KR. DENSON

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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 347 OF 2 OCTOBER REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG.

ANTHONY GREY.

WHEN YOU SEE GREY, PLEASE TELL HIM ON MY BEHALF HOW GLAD I AM THAT HIS UNJUSTIFIABLE DETENTION HAS COME TO AN END, AND

CONVEY TO HIM MY ADMIRATION AT THE FORTITUDE WITH WHICH HE

HAS BORNE HIS LONG ORDEAL.

STEWART

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ADDRESSED TO RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM NUMBER 554 OF 2 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO DACCA.

YOUR TELNO 357 TO DACCA.

YOUR ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT. PROVIDED THAT THE CHINESE ARE WILLING TO ISSUE AN EXIT VISA GARSIDE WILL ACCOMPANY GREY AS FAR AS KARACHI. THERE WOULD THEREFORE BE NO NEED FOR SMALL WOOD TO JOIN THE AIRCRAFT.

STEWART.

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fe have good reason to be grateful to Mr. Grey. If

during his detention he had show signs of mental or

physical collapse or if his letters home had been less

discreet, his case would have presented an even more

difficult problem than it has done. The Secretary of

State ħ his letter of à August to Mr. Long of Reuters

acknowledged that Grey had been called upon to put up with

a great deal on our behalf and assured Mr. Long that this

was well recognised both here and in Hong Kong. I think

therefore that some message of greeting should be sent to

Mr. Grey when he is released from detention, and that the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office should be represented at

Landon Airport on his arrival. It seems to me that the

public will expect no less than this.

Recommendation

2. I recommend that:

(a) The Secretary of State should be asked to authorise

personal

Mr. Denson to pass a/message to Xr. Grey when he first

sees him. I attach a draft telegram.

(b) A representative of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

should greet Mr. Grey on behalf of the Secretary of

State. I should have liked to have done this myself

since in the course of the ease I have become aequain ted

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with the principal members of Mr. Gray's family,

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and his trade union and other associates.

however due to fly to fashington tomorrow for talks

on China. I suggest therefore that either Kr. Vilford

or Mr. Wilson (who will be in charge of Far Eastern

Department) would be appropriate.

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(James Murray)

2 October, 1969.

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MR. ANTHONY (REY;

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In his telegram No. 562 of 29 September Mr. Denson asks for our views on the publicity aspects of Mr. Grey's release. He recommends that on Mr. Gray's release be

should make an announcement to this affect adding that the Mission is consulting Mr. Grey about the arrangements for

his departure from China. While welooming Mr. Grey's

release Kr. Denson would also refer to the fact that there

are still twelve other British subjects detained by the

Chinese. We have already telegraphed approval of the line Kr. Denson proposed. The submission examines the question of publicity in fuller detail, Hows Department agree with the conclusions.

ARGUMENT

2. When Mr. Gray is released from detention he will still

require to apply to the Chinese authorities for an exit visa.

e think that the Chinese will not place difficulties in his way but it may take some 24 to 48 hours to obtain a visa. In addition, Mr. Grey himself may elect to stay in Peking for a few days to reorientate himself before facing the outside world, It is important therefore during the period when he is still

in China that we should refrain from comments which might

prejudice his chances of obtaining an exit visa.

The brief

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statement suggested by Er. Densen would seem to to meet

these requirements.

3. The release of Mr. Grey will inevitably have repercussions

for the eases of the twelve other British subjects detained

by the Chinese. While confining our remarks on Mr. Gray's

case to the bare minimm it will be difficult to avoid

referring to these other onses. In addition the publicity

surrounding Er. Gray's release is bound to raise in one form

or another the question whether this will improve their

abusoss of release.

of the families of those detained have complained in the past

that we give more time to the Grey ease and that they will

undoubtedly be approsabed by the press as soon as news of

Mr. Grey's release breaks. A statement therefore on the

Linos suggested by Mr. Denson would serve to reassure them

that we have not forgotten their cases and forestall say

possible criticism. Further guidance on handling questions

about the remaining commiat prisoners in Hong Kong is

included in the supplementary press guidance at Appendix A.

It should also be remembered that some

Once Hr. Grey is out of China the press will be primarily

interested in obtaining his secount of his experiences. Te

are leaving the arrangements for Er. Grey's press conferences

to Reuters (in Hong Kong if he transits the island and at

Heathrow Airport) and in general should stay in the background

at this stage. Hewa Department do not think it advisable

that a member of the department should be present at Mr. Grey's

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press omferenceat London Airport since this may give the

impression that we are trying to manipulate the news "

News Department will no doubt be called upon to answer factual

points and the attached background brief on the Grey asse polate

(Appendix 3) should be useful in this respect.

5. It is possible that the press or Kr. Grey himself may

be critical of the way in which his case has been handled.

Te presume that the main line of attack will be that Mr. Grey's

release could have been expedited if we had agreed to the

presature release of the newsworkers in Hong Kong. Guidance

on answering this type of question is included in Appendix A.

Copies toi Kiss Dens

News Department

Kr. Stevenson, I.H.D.

Miss Jatterly, I.P.D.

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in earlier exchange of prisoners would have expedited

Kr. Grey's release,

Objections to an ezabazza

The solution of the Grey oase by means of our

exchanging him for one or several of the newsworkers in

Hong Long was not open to us. It became clear at an early

stage that a solution of this type was unacceptable to the

Chinese.

Repercussions for Bene Los

The premature release of the newsworkers would have

involved interference with the judicial process which might

have undermined local confidence in Hong Kong.

Lould en exchange of the remaining prisonera in Hong Kong

facilitate the release of the twelve British sublecta

detained by the Chinese?

The Chinese have consistently taken the line that in

their view these parsons have offended against Chinese lawa

and regulations and that their cases are being dealt with on

their merits. The Chinese have never made any suggestion

that the other British subjects are being held as hostages for the Chinese still serving sentences in the Colony.

seems unlikely therefore that their release would help the

position of the other detained British subjeošs.

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Doss the release

Xr. Grey Janrove their chasses of release?

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The release of Kr. Grey has removed a serious obstagole to the improvement of Sino-British relations. We hope that

this will lead to a further relaxation in relations.

Rewresentations en behalf of British sublecta

Representations by Note were made to the Chinese

authorities by our Mission in Peking about ten days ago in the cases of all British subjects detained in China.

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2 October, 1969.

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APPENDIX 1

Background Nota

MR. ANTHONY ORIY

Kr. Anthony Gray, Reutem correspondent in Peking,

put under house arrest by the Chinese on 19 July, 1967.

On 22 July, 1967, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced

that "in view of the Hong Kong British authorities'

unreasonable persecution of the correspondents of the Hong Long branch of the H.C.N.A. patriotic newsman, the Chinese

Government had decided to limit the freedom of movement of

the Reuters correspondent in Peking until further notice".

This was a reference to the arrest of eight Chinese communist

journalists in Hong Kong of whom three were employees of the

M.C.N... Seven, including two H.C.N.A. men, were fined on

5 Angust, 1967, and released; the remaining N.C.N.A.

reporter was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and released

in Kovezber, 1968. All these arrests in Hong Kong were for offences committed during May/June 1967.

2. After Mr. Grey's arrest, thirteen other Journalists and

newspaper workers, including several commmmists and an I.C.N.A.

correspondent, were detained in Hong Kong for offences under

Hong Kong laws and were convicted and sentenced to terms of

imprisonment, In December, 1968, the R.C.X.A. said that the

continued imprisonment of these men justified the Chinese in

continuing to hold Mr. Grey. However, this and other F.C.I.A.

and Chinese Government stateninte refrained from committing

the Chinese to release Kr. Grey should the newspaper workers

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in Hong Kong be freed.

In July this year the Chinese

Government indicated to us in London and Peking that when all the Chinese newsworkers in Hong Kong were released from detention, Mr. Grey's freedom of movement would be restored. 3. At this point there were eleven nessworkers still serving terms of imprisonment in Hong Kong (1.e. two of the original thirteen having completed their sentences and released). Subject to saxinum remission of sentence for good behaviour the last of the eleven newsworkers, Tong Chak, will have been released on 3 October. The other ten prisoners were released between September 2 and 12. In fong Chak's case his sentence had been reduced from five to three years in May this year on the recommendation of the Hong Kong Prison Board of Review, as part of a review of all sentences of more than four years for offences connected with the 1967 disturbances. (Other prisoners had their sentences reduced in the same review.)

Mr. Gray's sonditions under house arrent were severa lthough in the last few months they improved slightly. telephone was out off in August, 1967, and apart from three visits by our Mission his only contact has been with his guarda and servants. For most of the time he has been confined to one room of his house and denied reading material except Chimese journals (which he cannot read) and the Chinese English language periodical Peking Review; the room was hot in summer and cold in winter. Xr. Gray was allowed two periods of 40 minutes exercise per day. At the time of the last visit by the Mission in July this year, Mr. Grey's conditions had improved, with

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scuess to more rooms, longer exercise periods, access to his books and he was allowed to listen to his radio

(including the BBC).

5. During Mr. Grey's detention, the Chinese allowed only three visits by members of H.X. Hission, on 23 April,1968, by sir Donald Hopson and Mr. Weston lasting twenty minutes; on 26 November, 1968, by Mr. Paroy Cradock and Kr. Roger Garside lasting twenty-five minutes;

and on 14 July this year by

Xr, John Denson and Mr. Roger Garside lasting forty aimutes. These visits were obtained after repeated requests by the Mission and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and were allowed in return for special quasi-official visits to the Chinese newsworkers imprisoned in Hong Kong,

6. The Porsign and Commonwealth Office and the Kission is Peking made repeated attempts to obtain Mr. Grey's releas0, sa improvement in his conditions and when necessary adequate medical treatment. In August, 1967, the then Secretary of State, Mr. George Brom, informed the Chinese Foreign Minister of his readiness to try to arrange the release of the Chinese newsworkers in prison in Hong Kong to China la return for an undertaking that Mr. Orey and other British subjects detained in Chime would be free to proceed to the United Kingdom, The Chinese however never took up the offer. were made to the Chinese Chargé d'Affaires in London by Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers and senior officials about the case of Mr. Grey (and the other British subjects

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KEI HONG KONG KARACHI MOSCOW PHNOM PENH DACCA

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ALL GUARDS REMAIN THERE AND ON THE LAST OCCASION TOLD THEM TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY+. A GUARD IN REPLY TO

A QUESTION ON WHETHER GREY WAS IN THE HOUSE STATED THAT

+HE DID NOT KNOW+.

2. THIS COULD BE MERELY BUREAUCRATIC SLOWNESS. IT IS

ALSO POSSIBLE THAT CHINESE-PERHAPS AFTER OBTAINING GREY'S + AGREEMENT+ MAY BE PLANNING TO PUT HIM

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753ETA DACCA 1855 HRS ON 4 OCTOBER.

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PEKING TIME I WILL SEEK AN URGENT INTERVIEW WITH MEA

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RESTORED AND TO REQUEST INFORMATION ON HIS MOVEMENTS, BUT

! DOUBT WHETHER I SHALL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN IT UNTIL TOMORROW

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In paragraph 4 of his telegram No. 562 of 29 September,

our Chargé d'Affaires in Peking asks for guidance on what

official advice he should give Mr. Grey about what to say

to the press once he has left China. I discussed the

matter in some detail with Zr. Long, General Kanager of

Reuters, yesterday.

RECOMMENDATION

2. I recommend that a reply be sent on the lines of the

attached draft telegram.

Copies to: Sir S. Tomlinson

News Department

Hong Kong Department concur.

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ANTHONY GRET: CONTINGENCY PLAN

The last of the "newsworkers" is likely to leave Stanley Frison on 3 October. We hope that Anthony Grey will be released soon after that. There is a chance that he will be released before October 3.

It is likely that we shall have no control over his movements after his release. It is possible the Chinese may not let him leave China or may expel him from China by a route of their choosing or that a decision about the route will be taken in Peking by Anthony Grey himself, We are doing what we can to see that he does not come to Hong Kong at all.

If he does come to liong Kong our arrangements will have to be made in the light of the following four considerations:-

Anthony Gray's mental and physical condition and his own wishes;

the views of the Reuters Deputy General Manager, Mr. Doon Campbell, who plans to come to Hong Kong on about: October 1 to meet Grey;

(a)

(b)

(c)

che need to treat him with humanity and consideration;

(a)

the need to get him out of the Colony as soon as possible.

Immigration, hath and ravel arrangements

It is very likely that he will have a valid British passport, either his old one or a new one issued by the mission in Peking.

So far as we know his health is reasonably good but it is unlikely that he will have any inoculation certificates.

We can assume that Reuters will meet any expenses for his accommodation and travel tickets. They vill no doubt be available if necessary to do any of the booking or other admin. work. They have a permanent representative here, Mr. Derek Round (Tel. No. H.93417) who may on the day be assisted by a number of people from London.

If these optimistic assumptions about Grey's mental and physical condition prove to be justified it is likely that the main problems will be in connection with Anthony Grey's relations with the press during his stay in the Colony. We have no: yet obtained any agreed understanding with Reuters and the F.C.0. about press arrangements for Anthony Grey but at the moment the following suggestions seem reasonable.

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If we have no varning at all of his arrival

It is possible that at any time from now on Anthony Grey will simply appear at Lo Wu without warning, presumably at about noon on the usual train.

As soon as he is recognised he should be taken into the private waiting room whilst his documents are processed.

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(c)

(a)

Reuters.

12.

The following should be informed immediately:

H.E.:

the Hon. C.S.;

the Political Adviser (Tel. No. H. 95428 (Office); H.96219 (Home)) or if he is not available the Assistant Political Adviser (Tel. No. H.95345 (Office); H.222344 (Home));

the Director of Information Services (Tel.No. H.233191 (office); H.248910 (Home)).

(Office);

The P.A. would then inform Mr. Derek Round,

It can be assumed that if Grey appears without varning there would be no journalists or photographers at Lo Wu,

13.

As soon as his documents had been processed and provided Grey had no urgent requirements, he would then be taken by the police in one of their vehicles to a place of rendezvous where Grey can rest and meet the P.A. or whoever else is available. It is for consider- ation where this place should be, possibly P.H.Q. at Fanling. It has the advantage of being secure but though it does not look like a police station it may not be the ideal place for a recently released prisoner. D.C.N.T. has suggested Island House, Tai Po as a possibility.

14.

If possible, D.I.S. and the P.A., or failing him the A.P.A., would go to this place of rendezvous immediately.

15.

If possible, discussion with Grey on his plane would be left to the P.A. or A.P.A. but it is only too likely that such postponement would not be possible. If so, the senior Police Officer available would find out what Grey's views were about his onward journey. Grey might have some special wishes, e.g. to telephone to his mother and girl friend in England. These wishes should be met unless there is some obvious reason to the contrary, e.g. if he appears to be very disturbed.

16.

The Police officer would try to form a judgment whether Grey was in a sufficiently calm state of mind to make it a reasonable proposition to hold a press conference in the near future. The main point to be

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borne in mind is that Grey may have the idea that his two years' incarceration is the fault of the Hong Kong Government for refusing to do a deal over the release of the convicted "nevsvorkers". If Grey is rabid on this

subject, we shall want to do our best to avoid any discussion with the press whilst he is in Hong Kong. Hov ve persuade him not to meet the press is a problem that requires further thought. If on the other hand he is in a well balanced frame of mind and reasonable about the responsibility of the Hong Kong Government, we shall no doubt have to accept that he give the press conference and, if so, we might as well take a hand in arranging it if necessary

But if Reuters are available it will be better to leave them to arrange the press conference.

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18.

19.

If on the other hand he wants to spend a night or more in Hong Kong we would not want to prevent him doing so. Our main interest would be to see that he was kept avay from the press. It is possible that Reuters would want to put him into a hotel, possibly the Mandarin, though at this time of year there is even the possibility that there may be no room Free. Other possibilities would be that he might stay with Mr. Derek Round. Or the P.A. would put him up and the offer could be made to Grey without further reference.

20.

There would be no question of Grey calling on the Governor or the C,S. If he asked to have contact with the Hong Kong Government he could see the P.A. and of course D.I.S.

If we have varning of his arrival

21.

Most of the details suggested in the preceding section will apply but there would have to be modifications in the press arrangements.

22. of:-

Reuters would like the party at Lo Wu to consist

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(b)

(c)

Mr. Doon Campbell, Deputy General Manager, Reuters:

Mr. Derek Round, Reuters Representative, Hong Kong;

Mr. Thomas Hudson, VISNEWS Representative;

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a "pool" reporter;

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a "pool" television cameraman;

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(g) a "pool" still photographer.

Alternatively, the arrangements might be roughly on the lines of those made for Sir Donald Hopson's arrival in August 1968, i.e. a small "pool" consisting of a Foreign Correspondent reporting for the whole press, an official G.I.S. photographer whose photograph was issued to the press, a film cameraman making his film available to all television companies and a sound man working with him.

24.

Somewhere outside the Closed Area photographers from all agencies and newspapers were given a chance to take photographs of Hopson but were told that there would be no conversation. In Grey's case this arrangement might not need to be made since the pool photographs at the border should be adequate as they were in Hopson's case, but in view of the greater interest in Grey it might be necessary to provide for such an opportunity.

25.

It is recognised that both these arrangements carry a certain risk depending on Grey's state of mind and attitude to the Hong Kong Government but given the importance of the news item it is difficult to believe that we could get away with less without causing considerable trouble with Reuters and the press in general.

26.

Subject to Grey's condition and views there would be a press conference later that evening. It would be arranged by Reuters, probably in one of the hotels. Before it took place we (i.e. D.I.S. and P.A.) would do our best to give Grey appropriate guidance.

27.

After the press conference Grey would refuse to make any more statements to the press. He would leave

Hong Kong as soon as we could conveniently arrange it and would be in the hands of Reuters meanwhile.

Distribution to:

Hon. C.S.

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PEKING HONG KONG ( LONDON PLEASE PASS TO BOTH) AND TO KARACHI

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YOUR TELS TO PEKING NOS 339 AND 340

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GREY.

I CAN SEE THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR GREY TO HAVE A REST

SOMEWHERE UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION BEFORE HE ARRIVES IN ENGLAND,

BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT KARACHI OR INDEED ANYWHERE ELSE IN

PAKISTAN WOULD BE SUITABLE. KARACHI ITSELF CAN BE VERY

HOT AND BUSTY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. MORE IMPORTANT ANY

PRESS ACCOUNTS OF HIS DETENTION APPEARING WITH A KARACHI

DATELINE MIGHT HAVE HARMFUL EFFECTS UPON OUR LINKS

WITH PAKISTAN. GIVEN THE PRESENT EUPHORIC STATE OF SINO-PAKISTAN

RELATIONS. I SHOULD MUCH PREFER GREYS STAY IN KARACHI TO

BE NO LONGER THAN IS NEEDED FOR HIM TO LINK UP WITH CAMPBELL.

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2. FOX, THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER, DACCA, WHO IS SPENDING

A FEW DAYS HERE ON HIS WAY BACK TO HIS POST HAS BEEN SHOWN

THE LATEST TELEGRAMS INCLUDING THOSE FROM PACCA NOS 527

AND 532 ABOUT THE PRESENCE THERE OF EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH

REPORTEPS, WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN COPIED TO YOU. HE WILL

BE FLYING TO DACCA TOMORROW.

KARACHI WILL BE REPLYING DIRECT TO QUESTION IN PARAGRAPH

3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO 348.

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IF HE COMES BY THAT PIA ROUTE VIA DACCA. SMALLWOODS PRESENCE

ON THE DACCA-KARACHI STAGE MAY THEREFORE NOT BE NECESSARY.

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ANTHONY GREY.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 30 -2 OCT 1969

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IF DOON CAMPBELL FLIES FROM HONG KONG/BANGKOK/DACCA HE IS LIKELY гO MISS CHINA FLIGHT BY TEN MINUTES ON THURSDAY AND AN HOUR ON SATURDAY IF CHINA FLIGHT ON TIME, UNLESS HE TRAVELS WELL IN ADVANCE WHICH IN CIRCUMSTANCES SEEMS UNLIKELY.

2. EXPRESS MAN DONALD SEAMAN IS CURRENTLY IN DACCA FOR SOLE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWING GREY IN FLIGHT DACCA/KARACHI,

3. DAILY TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT DAVID LOSHAK ALSO ARRIVED IN JACCA. OTHER CORRESPONDENTS MAY DESCEND ANY MOMENT.

4. IN EVENT OF GREY PASSING THROUGH DACCA WOULD YOU AGREE TO SMALLWOOD, EX-FLEET STREET MAN KNOWN TO BOTH ABOVE NAMED AND MOST OTHERS LIKELY TO COME TO DACCA (INCLUDING DOON CAMPBELL) TO TRAVEL ON GREY'S PLANE TO KARACHI. HE IS QUITE CAPABLE OF ADVISING CAUTION ON EITHER SIDE AND GET AWAY WITH IT (IF ANY QUESTIONS GET OUT OF HAND).

5. IF CORRESPONDENTS DO GET ON AIRCRAFT AT DACCA QUESTIONS, ¡NFORMAL, WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE. BUT THEY COULD BE KEPT TO THE OBVIOUS, AND PERHAPS CURTAILED.

HOWEVER

6. I AGAIN STRESS THE DESIRABILITY OF DACCA OFFICE BEING KEPT COMPLETELY IN PICTURE ABOUT RELEASE DATE AND TIME. SEAMAN IS IN CONSTANT TOUCH WITH HIS HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT VIA LONDON AND HE COULD CONCEIVABLY BE AHEAD OF US WITH THIS INFORMATION.

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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 562 : GREY.

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WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHAT ADVICE YOU MIGHT GIVE TO GREY

ABOUT HIS CONTACT WITH THE PRESS OUTSIDE CHINA, WE THINK THAT

IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE SPECIFICALLY TO ASK HIM TO REFRAIN

FROM PUBLIC CRITICISM OF HMG: BUT THAT IT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR

YOU TO IMPRESS ON HIM THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT SAYING ANYTHING

WHICH MIGHT MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE OTHER

BRITISH SUBJECTS REMAINING IN DETENTION IN CHINA,

2. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE WHOLE MATTER WITH REUTERS, WHO HAVE

BEEN GIVING THOUGHT TO WHAT THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD SAY TO GREY. (THEY POINT OUT THAT OUR INTERESTS ARE COMPARABLE TO

THE EXTENT THAT IF GREY IS DISPOSED TO CRITICISE HMG FOR REFUSING

THE PREMATURE RELEASE OF THE NEWSWORKERS, HE WILL ALSO BE CRITICAL

OF REUTERS FOR NOT APPLYING MORE PRESSURE ON US. THEIR OWN MAJOR

CONCERN IS THAT GREY SHOULD NOT BEHAVE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO RESTRICT

HIS POSSIBILITIES IN FUTURE EMPLOYMENT WITH THEM), THEY THINK THAT, SINCE GREY HAD THE REPUTATION AS A JOURNALIST OF BEING A FAIRLY DETACHED AND OBJECTIVE OBSERVER, THE FOLLOWING LINE MIGHT

APPEAL TO HIM, THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO SAY THAT HE HAS NO DOUBT

FORMED A VIEW ABOUT HOW HIS CASE HAS BEEN HANDLED AND THE DURATION

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BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ALMOST ENTIRELY DERIVED FROM CHINESE SOURCES: AS AN EXPERIENCED OBSERVER, WOULD HE NOT THINK IT RIGHT BEFORE REACHING A FINAL VIEW AND BEFORE COMMITTING HIMSELF IN PUBLIC, TO LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THE CASE AND IN PARTICULAR TO DISCUSS THE HATTER FULLY IN LONDON WITH THOSE IN REUTERS AND ELSEWHERE WHO WERE INVOLVED.

3. THIS SEEMS TO US A USEFUL APPROACH; AND, IF GREY IS DISPOSED TO BE CRITICAL, WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN YOUR TAKING THE SAME LINE.

4. REUTERS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE DANGER THAT, IF GREY WERE TO EXPRESS THE VIEW PUBLICLY THAT COMMUNIST PRISONERS SHOULD BE PREMATURELY RELEASED IN HONG KONG TO BRING ABOUT THE RELEASE OF OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS IN CHINA, THE CHINESE MIGHT WELL SEE THIS AS ENCOURAGEMENT TO APPLY PRESSURE ON US ALONG THESE LINES. REUTERS RECOGNISE THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL AND HAVE PROMISED TO

DO THEIR BEST TO ENSURE THAT GREY AVOIDS COMMENT, IN DISCUSSING

THE OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS WITH GREY, WE THINK THAT YOU MIGHT

SAY THAT THE CHINESE HAVE NEVER LINKED THEM WITH HONG KONG BUT THAT, WERE THE CHINESE TO RECEIVE ANY ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THEY COULD

USE THESE BRITISH SUBJECTS TO BARGAIN THE RELEASE OF COMMUNIST

PRISONERS IN HONG KONG, THIS COULD HARDLY FAIL TO LEAD TO FURTHER DELAY IN SETTLING THEIR CASES: AND YOU HOPE THEREFORE THAT HE WILL

AVOID COMMENT ON THIS DELICATE MATTER.

5. YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. WE APPROVE WHAT YOU YOURSELF PROPOSE TO SAY TO THE PRESS.

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HONG KONG

1116.7

Your telegram No. 562 of 29 September 7: Grey.

We have been considering what advice you might

give to Grey about his contact with the press

outside China. We think that it would not be

smai fiesty

appropriate to ask him to refrain from public

criticism of HIG; but that it would be right for

you to impress on him the importance of not saying

anything which might make things even more

difficult for the other British subjects remaining

in detention in China.

2. We have discussed the whole matter with Reuters,

who have been giving thɗought to what their ow

representative should say to Grey. (They point out

that our interests are comparable to the extent that

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premature release of the newsworkers, he will also

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pressure on us.

Their own major concern is that

Grey should not behave in such a way as to

restrict his possibilities in future employment

with them.)

They think that, since Grey had the

reputation as a journalist of being a fairly

detached and objective observer, the following

line might appeal to him. They would propose to

say that he has no doubt formed a view about how

his case has been handled and the duration of his

detention; that the view may be correct but is

necessarily based on incomplete information

almost entirely derived from Chinese sources;

an experienced observer, would he not think it

right before reaching a final view and before

committing himself in public, to look at all

aspects of the case and in particular to discuss

the matter fully in London with those in Reuters

und elsewhere who were involved.

This seeme to us a useful approach;

and, if

Grey is disposed to be critical, we see advantage

in your taking the same line.

Reuters are fully aware of the danger that,

if Grey were to express the view publicly that

communist prisoners should be prematurely released

in Hong Kong to bring about the release of other

tatjet

British rivenere in China, the Chinese might well

see this as encouragement to apply pressure on us

along these lines. Reuters recognise that this

would not be hel, ful and have promised to do their

coment

best to ensure that Grey avoids tie. In

discussing the other British subjects with Grey,

we think that you might say that the Chinese

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have never linked them with Hong Kong but that,

were the Chinese to receive any encouragement

that they could use these British subjects to

bargain the release of communist prisonera in

Hong Kong, this could hardly fail to lead to

further delay in settling their cases; and

you hope therefore that he will avoid comment

on this delicate matter.

5. Your paragraph 2. fe approve what you

yourself propose to say to the press.

Mr.%

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TELEGRAM NUMBER $32

2 CCTOBER 1969

BEGINS

ADDRESSED TO PINDI TEL NO 532 OF 1 OCTOBER.

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DAVID LOSHAK FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON DAILY

TELEGRAPH ARRIVED IN DACCA FROM DELHI THIS MORNING. HE SAYS

HE IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE RECENT REUTERS REPORTS OF GROWING

TENSION IN E PAKISTAN. HE HAS NOT MENTIONED ANTHONY GREY

RELEASE STORY BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THIS IS THE REAL REASON

FOR HIS ARRIVAL.

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ADDRESSED TO RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM NO.527 OF 30 SEPTEMBER, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO KARACHI.

DONALD SEAMAN, A SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT WITH THE DAILY EXPRESS, HAS ARRIVED IN DACCA. HE IS HERE TO COVER EVENTUALITY OF ANTHONY GREY PASSING THROUGH THIS CITY AFTER HIS RELEASE

SEAMAN IS AND ACCOMPANYING HIM FOR REST OF JOURNEY HOME.

IN EVENT OF GREY BEING HANDED

ANXIOUS THAT CORRESPONDENTS OF OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE NOT AWARE OF HIS PURPOSE IN DACCA. HE SAYS MOST PAPERS ARE CONGRE- GATING THEIR REPORTERS IN HONG KONG IN BELIEF THAT GREY WILL

BE TAKEN TO BORDER BY CHINESE. OVER TO OUR MISSION AND THEN BEING BOOKED ON PIA AIRCRAFT, WE PRESUME PEKING WILL COPY ANY IMMEDIATE TELEGRAM TO DACCA.

SMALLWOOD HAS MET EVERY PLANE FROM CHINA SINCE PEKINGS ALERT LAST MONTH BUT AS PASSENGER LIST IS NEVER AVAILABLE WE CAN

ONLY SCRUT IN ISE PEOPLE WHO LEAVE PLANE DURING REFUELLING IT WOULD GBVIOUSLY BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD BE FOREWARNED

THAT GREY IS ON AIRCRAFT.

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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 340 OF 1 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR

INFORMATION TO HONG KONG RAWALPINDI AND KARACHI

MY TELEGRAM NO 339 OF 30 SEPTEMBER: GREY.

११२

LONG SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT GREY

WAS IN REASONABLE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SHAPE WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE EVENTUALITY, ALBEIT REMOTE, THAT ON RELEASE HE MIGHT IN FACT BE IN A STATE TO REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

2. MURRAY EXPLAINED THAT YOU WOULD BE ARRANGING FOR HIM TO BE EXAMINED EXPERTLY, CERTAINLY BY THE MISSION NURSE AND POSSIBLY BY A LOCAL (NON-CHINESE) DOCTOR. IF HE REQUIRED TREATMENT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER IT WAS BEST TO KEEP HIM IN THE MISSION IN PEKING FOR A FEW DAYS OR TRY TO GET HIM OUT OF CHINA FOR TREATMENT ELSEWHERE. LONG WAS DULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD WELCOME OUR ADVICE ON WHERE GREY COULD CONVENIENTLY RECUPERATE UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION, IF IT SEEMED DESIRABLE THAT HE SHOULD DO SO BEFORE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE U.K. WITH ALL THE STRAINS THAT THAT WOULD IMPOSE. THE NECESSARY MEDICAL FACILITIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG. BUT GREY WOULD ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION THERE, AND TO KEEP HIM FROM BEING PESTERED BY THE PRESS WOULD IMPOSE A BURDEN ON ALL CONCERNED. ACCORDINGLY LONG THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR KARACHI AS A SUITABLE QUOTE NEUTRAL UNQUOTE PLACE WHERE GREY MIGHT IF NECESSARY RECUPERATE FOR A FEW DAYS: BUT HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THE ADVICE OF OUR PEOPLE IN KARACHI ON THIS.

13. IT WOULD

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3. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THEREFORE IF THE DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER, KARACHI, COULD DISCREETLY LOOK INTO THE QUESTION OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES FOR MEDICAL CARE OF THIS KIND IN KARACHI, LEAST WE ARE ASKED URGENTLY BY REUTERS FOR HELP IN ARRANGING THIS.

STEWART,

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My telegram No. 339 of 30 September: Grey

Long said that although the available evidence

suggested that Grey was in reasonable physical and

mental shape we must be prepared for the eventuality,

albeit remote, that on release he might in fact be in

a state to require medical attention.

Murray explained that you would be arranging for

him to be examined expertly, certainly by the mission

nurse and possibly by a local (non-Chinese) doctor.

If he required treatment, you would have to decide

whether it was best to keep him in the Mission in

Peking for a few days or try to get him out of China

for treatment elsewhere. Long was duly grateful for

this. He said that he would welcome our advice on

where Grey could conveniently recuperate under medical

supervision, if it seemed desirable that he should do a

before his arrival in the U.K. with all the strains

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that that would impose.

The necessary medical

facilities would be available in Hong Kong.

But Grey would attract much attention there, and

to keep him from being pestered by the press would

impose a burden on all concerned. Accordingly

Long thought there might be something to be said

for Karachi as a suitable "neutral" place where

of necessary Grey might recuperate for a few days; but he would

be grateful for the advice of our people in

Karachi on this.

3. It would be helpful therefore if the Deputy-

High Commissioner, Karachi, could discreetly look

into the question of available facilities for

medical care of this kind in Karachi, lest we are

asked urgently by Reuters for help in arranging

this.

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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NUMBER 339 OF 30 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG RAWALPINDI KARACHI DACCA AND PHNOM PENH. HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 764 : GREY,

983!

IN DISCUSSION WITH MURRAY THIS MORNING LONG, GENERAL MANAGER OF REUTERS, AGREED THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO ADVISE GREY ABOUT HIS RETURN, BEARING IN MIND THE FOLLOWING:

(A) GREY'S HEALTH AND WISHES MUST BE THE PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATIONS.

(B) IF HIS HEALTH IS UP TO IT REUTERS NOW AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO GET HIM BACK TO LONDON BY THE FASTEST AVAILABLE ROUTE OTHER THAN THROUGH HONG KONG (OR MOSCOW).

(C) IF HOWEVER HE EXPRESSED A STRONG DESIRE TO COME THROUGH HONG KONG OR IF THIS SEEMED TO YOU THE BEST WAY OF PROVIDING HIM WITH URGENTLY NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION, HE SHOULD COME THROUGH HONG KONG. (D) IT IS IMPORTANT THAT A SENIOR REUTERS REPRESENTATIVE (DOON CAMPBELL) SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A THOROUGH TALK WITH GREY

BEFORE HIS FIRST MEETING WITH THE PRESS AND SHOULD BE WITH HIM ON

HIS ARRIVAL IN LONDON, TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE SUCH AS TO ENSURE

THIS. REUTERS FEEL THAT ADVICE FROM CAMPBELL IS LIKELY TO BE

PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE WITH GREY,

2. CAMPBELL IS LEAVING TODAY FOR HONG KONG, WHICH IS IN ANY CASE THE MOST CONVENIENT TRAVEL CENTRE. HE WILL WAIT THERE FOR YOUR REPORT ON GREY'S MEDICAL CONDITION AND THE DECISION ON THE ROUTE, MEANTIME HE WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY CONTINGENCY ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINING UP WITH GREY IN PAKISTAN. IF GREY COMES BY THE PAKISTAN ROUTE, REUTERS WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE MEMBER OF YOUR STAFF COULD ARRANGE TO ACCOMPANY GREY AS FAR AS KARACHI, EVEN IF CAMPBELL DOES IN THE EVENT DECIDE TO TRY TO COME TO DACCA.

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3. REUTERS ARE NOW FIRMLY OF THE VIEW THAT YOU SHOULD ADVISE GREY NOT REPEAT NOT TO SEE THE PRESS IN PEKING EVEN ON THE BASIS (PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 562) THAT THEY DO NOT QUOTE ANY REMARKS HE MAKES SEMICOLON AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT YOU CAN PREVAIL UPON THE LOCAL PRESS CORPS TO LEAVE HIM IN PEACE, AND CAN ARRANGE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION FOR HIM. THOUGH WE SYMPATHISE WITH YOUR DIFFICULTIES WE SHARE THIS VIEW, AS LONG AS GREY REMAINS IN CHINA THERE IS ALWAYS THE RISK THAT REMARKS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM BY THE PRESS MIGHT GIVE OFFENCE TO THE CHINESE AND JEOPARDISE HIS EXIT VISA, YOU MIGHT IMPRESS ON HIM THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE AGAINST THIS RISK IS TO AVOID ANY CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL PRESS AND TO REFUSE PRESS TELEPHONE CALLS.

4. WE ARE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 562.

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Hong Kong telegram No. 764 of 27 September 7:

In discussion with Murry this morning Long,

General Manager of Reuters, agreed that you should

have discretion to advise Grey about his return,

bearing in mind the following:

(a) Grey's health and wishes must be the paramount

consideration

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it would be best to get him back to London by

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a thorough talk with Grey before his first meeting

with the press and should be with him on his

arrival in London.

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it find particularly delicate:

Campbell is leaving today for Hong Kong,which is

in any case the most convenient travel centre.

will wait there for your report on Grey's medical

condition and the decision on the route. Meantire

he will make the necessary contingency arrangements

for joining up with Grey in Pakistan. If Grey comes

by the Pakistan route, Reuters would be grateful if

the member of your staff could arrange to accompany

Grey as far as Karachi,even if Campbell does at in

the event decide to try to come to Dacca.

3. Reuters are now firmly of the view that you

should advise Grey not repeat not to see the press

in Peking even on the basis (paragraph 3 of your

telegram No. 562) that they did not quote any remarks

he make; and they have expressed the hope that you

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can prevail upon the press/to leave him in peace, and can arrange the necessary protection for him, Though

we sympathise with your difficulties we share this view.

As long as Grey remains in China there is always the

risk that remarks attributed to him by the press

might give offence to the Chinese and jeopardise his

exit visa, You might impress on him that the only

way to ensure against this risk is to avoid any contact with the local press and to refuse press telephone calls.

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MY TELEGRAM NO. 561 AND HONG KONG TELEGRAM TO PEKING 186. /RELEASE OF WONG CHAK/

UNLESS WE HEAR FROM YOU TO THE CONTRARY WE WILL GO AHEAD AS PROPOSED AT 0800 G.M.T. TODAY (30 SEPTEMBER).

MR. DENSON

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELIO. 552 OF 29 SEPTEMBER REPEATED REGISTRY ;

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YOUR TELNO. 3301 ANTHONY GREY.

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YOUR SUGGESTED REPLIES TO PRESS QUESTIONS WILL NO DOUBT

HOLD THE POSITION UNTIL 3 OCTOBER. THEREAFTER WE

MUST EXPECT HORE QUESTIONS (A) WHEN IT IS KNOWN THAT WONG

CHAK HAS BEEN RELEASED, (B) WHEN IT IS

KNOWN THAT GREY HAS BEEN RELEASED, (C) AFTER GREY'S FIRST

EXPOSURE TO THE PRESS AFTER LEAVING CHINA.

2. (A) SHOULD PRESENT NO DIFFICULTY. I WILL SEND AN EN CLAIR

FLASH TELEGRAM AS SOON AS I FIND OUT GREY HAS BEEN RELEASED

FOLLOWED BY A REPORT ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENTS WE APE MAKING ABOUT

HIS DEPARTURE. IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS HERE I WILL SUBJECT TO YOUR

VIEWS, SIMPLY CONFIRM THAT HIS QUOTE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

UNQUOTE HAS BEEN RESTORED AND THAT WE ARE MAKING

ARRANGEMENTS FOR HIM TO LEAVE CHINA (CORRESPONDENTS MAY WELL

FIND THIS OUT FOR THEMSELVES). IN ANSWER TO ANY WIDER QUESTIONS

ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GREY'S RELEASE FOR SINO/BRITISH

RELATIONS, I WOULD PROPOSE TO SAY THAT WHILE WE WELCOME HIS

RELEASE THERE REMAIN THE CASES OF TWELVE OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS

CETAINED IN CHINA ON WHICH WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE

REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, SO FAR WITHOUT SUCCESS.

I HOPE THIS CAN ALSO BE SAID IN LONDON.

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3. I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE IF I CALLED IN THE FRIENDLY

CORRESPONDENTS ON 2 OCTOBER AND ASKED THEM AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO

LEAVE GREY IN PEACE BETWEEN THE TIME OF HIS RELEASE AND HIS

DEPARTURE FROM PEKING. I INTEND TO ASK HIM TO STAY WITH A MEMBER

OF THE STAFF AND I WOULD OFFER TO LET THESE CORRESPONDENTS

SEE HIM ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DID NOT QUOTE

ANY REMARKS HE MAKES. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE REQUEST

MADE IN REUTER'S LETTER (YOUR TELNO.315).

4. IT IS OF COURSE POSSIBLE THAT GREY WILL NOT ACCEPT REUTER'S

POSSIBLE THAT HE MIGHT

OR MY ADVICE TO SAY NOTHING. IT IS ALSO

MAKE EMBARRASSING REMARKS ONCE HE HAS LEFT CHIBA, I SHOULD

ACCORDINGLY BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THERE IS ANY OFFICIAL ADVICE

WHICH I SHOULD GIVE HIM ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS TO THE PRESS AT

THAT TIME. I SHOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY

THAT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE OTHER BRITISH SUBJECTS STILL

DETAINED, I HOPE THAT, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AT ANY RATE

HE WOULD BE AS RESTRAINED AS POSSIBLE, IF HE SHOWED SIGNS OF

BEING CRITICAL OF HMG OR THE HONG KONG GOVT., I WOULD

SPECIFICALLY ASK HIM NOT TO BE CRITICAL IN PUBLIC.

5. YOU WILL NO DOUBT BE DISCUSSING, WITH REUTERS THE WHOLE

MATTER OF WHAT GREY SAYS TO THE PRESS BOTH IMMEDIATELY AFTER

LEAVING CHINA AND LATER. REUTERS LETTER APPEARS TO GIVE HIM

CARTE BLANCHE BUT IT WOULD CLEARLY BE DESIRABLE, IF HE AND

REUTERS ARE WILLING TO CO-OPERATE, TO STEER HIM AWAY FROM

CERTAIN SUBJECTS PARTICULARLY COMMUNIST PRISONERS IN HONG KONG.

I SHOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS; AND ON THE GENERAL

/LINE YOU

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PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 562 TO FCO

LINE YOU WILL TAKE AT STAGE (C) (PARAGRAPH 1 ABOVE) IN PARTICULAR THE WAY YOU WILL HANDLE ANY CRITICAL *COMMENTS WHETHER STIMULATED

BY GREY'S✶ STATEMENTS OK ARISING SPONTANEOUSLY.

HR. DENSON

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(987)

Your Telegram number 561 to F.C.0. Yes.

SIR D. TRENCH

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PEKING TELNO 556 TO FCO AND HONG KONG TELNO 185 TO PEKING.

MAY WE INFORM MEA ON 30 SEPTEMBER THAT IT IS INTENDED

TO RELEASE WONG CHAK BETWEEN 0730 AND Ø860 HOURS

( PEKING TIME) ON 23 OCTOBER?

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ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO. 560 or 28 SEPTEMBER REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION IMMEDIATE TO HONG KONG

PERSONAL FOR MURRAY

YOUR TELHO. 333. ANTHONY GREY

RECEIVED IN RYM.

- 1 OCT 1969

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I THINK IT SHOULD BE STRESSED TO LONG THAT THE

GREATEST POSSIBLE FLEXIBILITY MUST BE MAINTAINED IN

PECIDING THE ROUTE BY WILCH GREY SHOULD LEAVE. HIS OWN

WISHES ARE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE (ON PEADING

THE ARGUEMENTS DEPLOYED BY REUTERS 19 YOUR TELEGRAM HO.

654 IN FAVOUR OF HONG KONG I CANNOT HELP FEELING THAT

REUTERS INTERESTS WEIGH HEAVILY)

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE MAY BC SOME DELAY AFTER

GREY'S RELEASE PEFORE HE OBTAINS AN EXIT VISA.

OVCE THIS IS OBTAINED, WE SHALL HAVE TO SEE

WHAT FLIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE. (THERE MAY BE SOME DISRUPTIONS

OF SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE DEPARTURE OF CHINESE

GOVERNMENT GUESTS INVITED FOR THE NATIONAL DAY.) IF

GOFY OCES TO HONG KONG, THERE WILL BE A

FURTHER DELAY OF ONE DAY IN CANTON WHICH IS

AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE IN WHICH TO STAY,

AND IN WHICH MEDICAL AND OTHER FACILITIES

WOULD NOT EASILY BE AVAILABLE. THE HEYS OF GREY'S

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RELEASE WILL BECOME PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY THROUGH

JOURNALISTS IN PEKING AND THE INCREASED

DELAY OCCASIONED BY TAKING THE HONG KONG ROUTE

WILL ALLOW TIME FOR EVEN MORE JOURNALISTS TO CONCENTRATETM

IN HONG KONG.

2. FOR ALL THESE REASONS, AS WELL AS FOR THOSE SET OUT

IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF YOUR TELEGRAM NO, 654, I STILL ́

STRONGLY FAVOUR ANOTHER ROUTE AND WOULD BE HAPPY

TO SEND A MEMBER OF MY STAFF TO ACCOMPANY

GREY.

3. I HAVE JUST SEEN HONG KONG TELNO. 764 (PEPEATED TO

US ROUTINE). SHOULD OF COURSE GREATLY WELCOME BEING

GIVEN DISCRETION TO ADVISE GREY. IF THIS

WOULD CAUSÈ DIFFICULTIES WITH REUTERS, COULD YOU TELL

THEM I WOULD PROPOSE FIRST TO ASK FOR HIS OWN VIEWS

THEN INDICATE THEIR PLANS AND FINALLY, DEPENDING

ON HIS REACTION INDICATE MY OWN RESERVATIONS,

ON AN ENTIRELY PERSONAL BASIS.

KR. DENSON

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