CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PEKING TEINO 5 TO HONG KONG 7 JANUARY 1970
CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELNO 5 OF 7 JANUARY REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION (ROUTINE) TO FCO,
MY TELMOS 19 AND 11 TO FCO: DEATH OF TRADE UNION LEADER.
I NOTE FROM THE LIC REPORT AND FROM THE ENGLISH EDITION
OF THE TA KUNG PAO OF 1 JANUARY (JUST RECEIVED BY BAG)
THAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN
FOLLOWING, THE DEATH, AND REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT. IT WOULD HAVE MADE MY TASK AT THE
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MUCH EASIER IF I COULD HAVE BEEN
INFORMED AT THE TIME OF THE
LINE THE LOCAL COMMUNISTS WERE
TAKING AND OF ANY OFFICIAL REPLY WHICH WAS MADE TO THE REPRES-
ENTATIONS.
2. THIS IS A SERIOUS CASE AND HAS AN ODVIOUS BEARING ON THE
POSITION OF DETAINED BRITISH SUBJECTS. I MUST THEREFORE
REPEAT MY REQUEST THAT IN MATTERS OF THIS SORT I SHOULD BE
KEPT FULLY AND PROMPTLY INFORMED.
MR. DENSON
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H.K.D.
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P.U.S.D. I.R.D. NEWS DEPT MR.WILFORD
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No, 51 - 7 JAN 1970
HKK I/M
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