EN CLAIR
IMMEDIATE PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
RECEIVED IN
ARCHIVES No. 63
177
29MAY 1968
TELNO 488
27 MAY, 1968
UNCLASSIFIED
HWA2/1
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN urriCE TEL NO.488 OF 27 MAY, "REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG,
WASHINGTON AND POLAD SINGAPORE.
MY I.P.T.
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF NOTE. BEGINS.
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA ASKS THE OFFICE OF THE BRITISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IMMEDIATELY
TO CONVEY THE FOLLOWING TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
OF LATE, WHILE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS STEPPING UP ITS WAR
OF AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM, U.S. WARSHIPS DIRECTLY TAKING PART
IN THE WAR OF AGGRESSION AGAINST VIETNAM HAVE BEEN VISITING HONG KONG
MORE FREQUENTLY THAN EVER, MAKING USE OF THAT PLACE TO CARRY OUT
A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES. ON MAY 24, TOGETHER WITH A BATCH OF OTHER AGGRESSOR SHIPS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET, THE U.S.NUCLEAR- POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'ENTERPRISE'' REGARDED AS PLAGUE BY
THE ASIAN PEOPLE AGAIN ENTERED HONG KONG AFTER WAR OPERATIONS
ON THE SEAS OFF VIETNAM. WITHIN A PERIOD OF LESS THAN FIVE
MONTHS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, U.S. WAR VESSELS OF DIFFERENT TYPES VISITING HONG KONG HAVE REACHED 146 VESSEL/TIMES,
INCLUDING THOSE BY FOUR NUCLEAR-POWERED ONES.
IN DISREGARD OF THE REPEATED SERIOUS PROTESTS BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE CHINESE
INHABITANTS IN HONG KONG, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME
EVEN MORE UNSCRUPULOUS IN ABETTING U.S. IMPERIALIST AGGRESSOR
WARSHIPS GOING IN AND OUT OF HONG KONG TO CARRY OUT VARIOUS
ACTIVITIES AND STILL MORE BLATANT IN OFFERING HONG KONG TO U.S.
IMPERIALISM AS A BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR ITS NAVAL AND AIR
FORCES AND A LOGISTICS CENTRE IN ITS AGGRESSION AGAINST
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VIETNAM, AND HAS EVEN TURNED HONG KONG INTO A BASE OF
OPERATIONS FOR U.S. NUCLEAR-POWERED WARSHIPS. THIS NOT
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