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CONFIDENT IAL
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Mr. Garryhara. Старката.
Briefs
as amended have
been sent to R. Pickles.
ANGLO JAPANESE MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS
MAY 1969
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HONG KONG
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Objective
To make it clear to the Japanese that the situation in Hong Kong
is back to normal after the disturbances of 1967 and that the basic
stability and economic prosperity of the Colony have in no way been
affected by Communist activities.
Talking Points
The Communist inspired disturbances in the Colony ceased at the
end of 1967 and apart from very occasional minor clashes between
low level Communist elements and the Police in the course of the
latter's routine duties, there has been no violence in the past
sixteen months.
Having failed completely in their efforts to undermine by
violence the authority of the Hong Kong Government, the Communists
are now conducting a long term ideological campaign in an attempt to
win the support of the general public. We have every confidence
that the Hong Kong Government have the means to resist such a campaign
and there is no evidence to suggest that the latter is meeting with
any success. This is hardly surprising since approximately one-third
of the population of Hong Kong consists of refugees from Communist
China who have had i'irst hand experience of Chinese Communism,
We shall continue to seek the restoration of normal working
relations between Hong Kong and China; there has been some slight
improvement in those relations in recent months, but while
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