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Telephone message in Mrs Edgar Jones’, Gareth’s mother’s
handwriting. [Press Assoc. -
Just phoned from London. The Embassy of
the Chinese Government offered the £3500 but the bandits refused and demanded
£8000. The Embassy phoned to the
Government at Peking from Pao Chang and the Chinese Government have made
arrangements to send the £8000 to the band.
The
week following the release of Dr Müller there was a period of uncertainty as to
the whereabouts of Gareth and the family waited anxiously though still with
some hope. Rumours of his release in
one newspaper were immediately countered by another paper
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The
Press Breaks the News of the Capture.
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