Pointed Questions Asked by Foreign Correspondents at Press Conference Pointed questions were asked by foreign newspaper correspondents at March 16 morning's press conference with regard to the report, published Im March 16. issue of the "North China Daily News", alleging that for~ eign correspondents have been pald subsidies by the Chinese Government, he report in question, it will be recalled, was in the form of a Reuter: message from Tokyo. "This report" declared one of the correspondents, "puts other foreign correspondents under suspicion of having received bribes. Would it be possible for the spokesman to name the correspond-tents who are alleged to have received The correspondent went on to say that the allegation was a smear all foreign correspondents in China. The spokesman replied that the report specifically mentioned one agency as having received 10,000 yuan of the 40,580 earmarked as a monthly encouragement for the newspaper industry." The message reporting the alleged bribery of foreign correspondents mentions Reuter's as being "earmarked" for 10,000 yuan, The correspondent said that this still lett over 30,000 yuan to be accounted for, and this put every foreign corres pondent under suspicion of having received part of that sum.
"This report", continued the cor respondent, "hag probably been Mashed all over the world, and it casts a serious slur upon foreign cor-Fespondents in China".
"The documents upon which the allegation ig based", "replied spokesman, "are available, and steps will be taken to have them brought here, and presented to you for your inspection
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