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National Affairs: Prisoner Release-- & After

For six weeks in Geneva, ambassadors of the U.S and Red China have been deliberating "in regard to limited subjects." Last week they agreed on one of them. Said Red China's Ambassador Wang Pingnan to U.S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson: "The People's Republic of China recognizes that Americans ... who desire to return to the U.S. are entitled to do so." Out of Red China will come 41 U.S. citizens—including 26 victims of long jail terms and three of house arrest, eleven who have long been denied exit permits, all illegally...

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