CYPHER/CAT A
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ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 941
SECRET
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
27 JULY 1968.
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ADDRESSED CO TELNO 941 OF 27TH JULY RFI PEKING.
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THE COMMUNISTS HERE ARE FULLY
AWARE THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO ALLOW THE OPENING OF A NEW
SCHOOL IN THE SAME PREMISES. THE POINT WAS MADE CLEARLY IN OUR
ORIGINAL STATEMENT AND IT SEEMS UNNECESSARY TO PASS ANY FURTHER
MESSAGE THROUGH OTHER CHANNELS. IF THE COMMUNISTS IGNORE OR
MISINTERPRET OUR POSITION, IT IS FOR THEIR OWN REASONS.
2.
WE HAVE ALSO MADE CLEAR IN BRIEFING THE PRESS THAT IT IS
VIOLENCE AND TRAINING FOR VIOLENCE THAT WE OBJECT TO, NOT WELL-
CONDUCTED EDUCATION, EVEN ON COMMUNIST LINES. BUT AS WE ARE ALSO
DOING WHAT WE CAN TO DISCOURAGE PARENTS FROM SENDING CHILDREN
TO COMMUNIST SCHOOLS, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO EMPHASISE TOO MUCH IN
HONG KONG OUR TACIT CONSENT TO COMMUNIST EDUCATION. THERE IS LESS
OBJECTION TO MAKING PLAY WITH IT IN PEKING.
3. AFTER THE FIRST CRIES OF INDIGNATION A WEEK AGO, THE COMMUNIST
PRESS AND ORGANISATIONS HAVE FOLLOWED A RELATIVELY QUIET LINE.
PROTESTS AND AGITATION HAVE HARDLY EXTENDED OUTSIDE COMMUNIST
EDUCATION CIRCLÉS.
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4. A LETTER HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL PURPORTING TO BE
ISSUED WITH WONG CHO FAN'S AUTHORITY, IN WHICH ENQUIRY IS MADE
ABOUT THE PROCEDURE FOR APPEALING AGAINST THE PROPOSED DE-REGISTRATION
IT IS NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER THIS INDICATES THAT HE WILL APPEAL OR
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