effect.
They are likely to use this weapon to
an increasing extent as an essential ingredient
in
of their long term idealogical "struggle" and
its
it seems that the most effective method of
combating (or at any rate confining) with
effect, is to ensure as far as possible that
the parents of children who would not normally
attend non-Communist schools, are not, for one
reason or another (e.g. through lack of places
at such schools) persuaded to send their
children to the rival establishments.
This,
I know, serves no more than to re-iterate the
conclusions that we reached in our discussions
with you last year.
You have doubtless noticed that since
the middle of December there has been a spate
of Parliamentary Questions on the subject of
Hong Kong detainees, convicted Communist
prisoners, emergency regulations and related
matters. We are most grateful for the prompt
and efficient manner in which Hong Kong has
provided us with the material to reply to these
well based, as
Questions. We have our suspicions (as déjyóuz
will know
no doubt) about the reasons behind this series
of Questions and it seems that one Hong Kong
newspaper at least (see the "Star" of 28th
shares them.
January) entertains similar ideas.
Whether
anything can be done about it remains to be
seen. In any event, I am not at all sure that
intered
may
this Parlamentary
not turn out to the eventual outcome of the matter will be to 017
Hong Kong's advantage.
As regards emergency regulations, we
(Your String Despatch No 70 of 218 January) recently received from you a very useful
ha
summary setting out the precise position as
regards those regulations still in force, those
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