PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 781 TO FOREIGN OFFICE
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THE WERE STILL IN GAOLS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS. MOREOVER,
QUESTION OF ECONOMIC LOSSES TO PATRIOTIC CHINESE AND PATRIOTIC
UNDERTAKINGS HAD NOT YET EVEN BEEN RAISED. THE BRITISH SIDE
SAID, THAT THEY ENSURED THE RIGHT TO STUDY AND PROPAGATE MAO'S
THOUGHT, BUT THEIR PERSECUTION OF PATRIOTIC SCHOOLS INCLUDING
CHUNG WAH BELIED THEIR WORDS. IF THE BRITISH SIDE WANTED TO
EASE RELATIONS AND SOLVE OUTSTANDING DIFFERENCES THEY MUST
GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE VARIOUS JUST DEMANDS OF
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
5. I SAID THERE WAS NO CONTRADICTION IN THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TOWARD EDUCATION. WE COULD ACCEPT PEACEFUL
EDUCATION BUT WE WOULD NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE. AS FOR EASING
RELATIONS, OUR ACTS DID NOT BELIE OUR WORDS, AS HSUEM. WOULD
KNOW IF HE STUDIED THE HONG KONG SITUATION CLOSELY. I REPEATED
THAT IF AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CARRY ON EDUCATION IN CHUNG
WAH SCHOOL WITHOUT REGISTRATION THIS WOULD BE CONTARY TO THE
LAW AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO APPLY THE LAW.
6. IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION HSUEH CONFIRMED THAT THE CHINESE STATEMENT WOULD BE PUBLISHED, SEE MY TELEGRAM NO. 783
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