Hong Kon 7.5,67,
Peking
15.5.67.
Peking
22.5.67.
London
23.5.67.
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS CONCERNING CHINESE
GOVERNMENT'S "DEMANDS" ON HONG KONG
361.
Following disturbances at an artificiel flower factory, the rubber and Plastic orkers Union put
forward four demands:
(a)
immediate relcase of workers arrested;
(b) punishment of evil-doers and payment of
compensation;
(c) guarantee of the workers' personal safety;
(a) no interference henceforth by the police in
labour disputes.
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs handed our
Charge copy of a M... statement (which was published).
It included the following:-
"The Chinese Government demands in all
Beriousness that the British Government instruct the British authorities in Hong Kong as follows:
Immediately accept all the just demands put
forward by Chinese workers and residents in
Hong Kong.
Immediately stop all Fascist measures.
Immediately set free all the arrested persons
(including workers, journalists and
cameramen).
Punish the culprits responsible for these
sanguinary atrocities.
Offer apologies to the victims, compensate
for ell their losses and guarantee against
the occurrence of similar incidents.
The British Government and the British
authorities in Hong Kong must immediately and unconditionally accept the above mentioned solemn and just demands of the Chinese Government."
These demands were referred to in a later interview, with our Chargé d'Affaires as "the five points of the Chinese Government".
Chinese Chargé complained of failure to reply to the "five Chinese demands" and demanded 1-
(a) Persecution