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PRIORITY PEKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
TELNO 676
UNCLASSIFIED
24 JULY, 1968
ADDSD TO FO TEL NO 676 OF 24 JULY
RFI TO
HONG KONG, WASHINGTON AND POLAD SINGAPORE.
NCNA OF 23 JULY CARRIES AN ARTICLE ENTITLED
HONG KONG
BRITISH AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE DEREGISTRATION OF PATRIOTIC MIDDLE SCHOOL''
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THE ARTICLE ALSO APPEARED IN THE KWANG MING
DAILY OF 23 JULY.
2. THE ARTICLE DESCR15ES THE DEREGISTRATION OF CHUNG WAH SCHOOL AS ''AN ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE THE PATRIOTIC SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN DISSEMINATING MAO TSE-TUNG'S THOUGHT''. PATRIOTIC CHINESE IN HONG KONG HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR DETERMINATION TO FRUSTRATE THIS NEW PROVOCATION AND TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHT TO STUDY AND DISSEMINATE MAC'S THOUGHT AND TO PROTECT PATRIOTIC EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. QUOTE THE CHINESE
AUTHORITIES CONCERNED ARE WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVENT WITH CLOSE ATTENTION UNQUOTE.
3. THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL WAS RAIDED MANY TIMES LAST YEAR AND FINALLY FORCIBLY CLOSED. ITS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS HAD MANAGED TO KEEP THE SCHOOL GOING DESPITE ITS CLOSURE AND AN UNPRECEDENTLY LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAD APPLIED TO ATTEND THIS YEAR. THE SCHOOL ISSUED A PROTEST STATEMENT ON 19 JULY DEMANDING THAT THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY LIFT THE BAN ON THE SCHOOL, GIVE UP THE
AND RELEASE THE HEADMASTER AND OTHER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS DETAINED. 4. NCNA OF THE SAME DATE ALSO HAS AN ARTICLE ENTITLED
PLOT TO DEREGISTER THE SCHOOL
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'PATRIOTIC HONG KONG CHINESE MOURN OVER MARTYRS'' THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT OVER 700 REPRESENTATIVES OF PATRIOTIC CHINESE HELD A
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MEETING ON 20 JULY TO MOURN THE DEATH OF MORE THAN 20 COMPATRIOTS WHO WERE KILLED BETWEEN 6 JUNE AND 1 OCTOBER LAST YEAR BY TROOPS
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/AND POLICE