CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER CAT A
CRIORITY
HONG KONG TO
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO
1038
30 AUGUST 1968
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CONFIDENTIAL.
ADDRESSED COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AS MY TEL. NO. 1038 OF 30TH AUGUST
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING.
PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 783 : CHUNG WAH SCHOOL.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THE COMMUNISTS WILL APPLY TO OPEN A SCHOOL
IN THE SAME PREMISES. ALL INDICATIONS AT THE MOMENT ARE THAT WHEN
THE SCHOOLS RE-OPEN NEXT WEEK THE FORMER CHUNG WAH PUPILS WILL BE
TAUGHT IN OTHER COMMUNIST SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES
THEY MAY ATTEMPT TO HOLD AN OPENING CEREMONY ON THE FORMER PREMISES
A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY RE-OPEN.
2. THE NAME NEW CHUNG WAH WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE, AND THERE ARE
PRECEDENTS FOR OBJECTING TO NAMES AS CLOSELY SIMILAR AS THIS. IT IS -
NOT CERTAIN THAT THE NEWSPAPERS CORRECTLY REFLECT COMMUNIST
INTENTIONS ON THIS POINT.
3. QUOTE NEW STAFF UNQUOTE INCLUDES NOT ONLY TEACHERS BUT ALSO THE
HEADMASTER AND SUPERVISOR.
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO PEKING.
SIR D.
TRENCH
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