EN CLAIR
PRIORITY HONG KONG TO COMMONW.ALTH OFFICE
TELNO 732
UNCLASSIFIED
7 JUNE, 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELNO 732 OF 7 JUNE RFI PEKING PA SINGAPORE
AND WASHINGTON.
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MY TELEGRAM 723 : BORDER INCIDENT.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE WAS BROADCAST FROM ACROSS THE BORDER AT
LO WU AT 1500 TODAY. THE MESSAGE WAS IN CHINESE:
''THE SHUM CHUN AUTHORITIES ARE NOW BROADCASTING TO THE BRITISH
AUTHORITIES. YOU HAVE NOT ALLOWED THE SHUM CHUN FARMERS TO HAVE
The Ik FULL DEMANDS. THE BRITISH HAVE ALSO REFUSED TO ALLOW THE
FARMERS TO ENTER THE POLICE POST TO HOLD HONEST DISCUSSIONS. THE
BRITISH ARMY AND FOLICE MUST WITHDRAW AND REMOVE THE WIRE FENCE,
OR THEY MUST FACE THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES."'
(THE WIRE FENCE REFERRED TO IS RESUMABLY ONE RECENTLY ERECTED
TO PREVENT THE USE OF A SHORT PASSAGE BETWEEN THE POLICE FOST AND
THE WAITING ROOM AT LO WU.)
2. A LONGER MESSAGE FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY MASSES AT SHUM CHUN'
WAS BROADCAST ACROSS THE BORDER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS
ACCUSED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OF FAILING TO TAKE A SINCERE
AND TANGIBLE ATTITUDE' TO THE DISPUTE OVER THE INCIDENT OF 29
MAY AND JEMANDED THE REMOVAL OF THE WIRE FENCE AND THE WITHDRAWAL
OF THE ARMY AND ''EXTRA POLICE.'
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