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ROUTINE HONG KONG
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TEL NO 1035
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29 AUGUST 1968
SPECIAL CARE 30 AUG 1968
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ADDRESSED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TEL NO 1035 OF 29 AUGUST
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION PEKING AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON AND
P.A. SINGAPORE.
NY TELEGRAM NUMBER 996: SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS.
FURTHER MEETINGS TOOK PLACE ON 17TH AND 20TH AUGUST.
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2. FOLLOWING WERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POINTS TO EMERGE
(1) CONTACT MAINTAINS THAT THERE ARE CLEAR INDICATIONS THAT PEKING
IS TAKING ACTION AGAINST LAST YEARS TROUBLE MAKERS IN HONG KONG.
HE STATED THAT LEUNG WAI-LAM OCGROUP UNDEC) (WHO RECENTLY LEFT
FOR CHINA) HAS DEFINITELY BEEN DEMOTED AND THAT LIU, SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE BANK OF CHINA, WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE HONG KONG. LIU,
ACCORDING TO CONTACT, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF THE TROUBLE**
LAST YEAR.
(2) LI CHOH-CHIH HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT ACTION LOCAL MILITANT
COMMUNISTS MIGHT TAKE AS A RESULT OF THEIR BELIEF THAT THE DE-
REGISTRATION OF THE CHUNG WAH SCHOOL AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
RATION
EXTENSION OF MY TERM AS GOVERNOR HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY TIMED
TO COINCIDE WITH HOPSON'S RELEASE AND THAT THERE WAS PROOF OF A
BRITISH DEFORE (SIC) TO PROVOKE AND ESCALATE. CONTACT CLAIMED
TO HAVE WRITTEN A REPORT EXPLAINING THE TRUE POSITION FOR LI TO SEND
N TO PEKING IF NECESSARY TO COUNTER BALANCE ANYTHING THE MILITANTS
MIGHT SEND.
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