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UNGLASSIFIED
TO ROUTINE WASHINGTON TEL NO 14 OF 6 AUGUST
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REPEATED TO FCC, LONDON, BIS AND UKI.19, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO
SHORTLY AFTER 0:00 LOCAL TIME SIX UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
STUDENTS OF CHINESE EXTRACTION DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS THE
ACTION COMMITTEE TO DEFEND TIAO-YU TAI CALLED AT THIS CONSULATE GENERAL TO READ OUT A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE COVERIOR OF HONG KONG HICH THE COMMITTEE HANDED TO ME WITH THE REQUEST THAT IT DE F
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NG KONG.
? THE LETTER REFERRED TO A DEMONSTRATION WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE IN PONG KONG ON 7 JULY DURING WHICH SOME OF OUR CHINESE COUNTRYKEN+ MERE BRUTILY DISPERSED BY POLICE AND +TWENTY- ONE
DEMONSTRATORS VERE ILLEGALLY ARRESTED...+. THE FOLLOWING ACTION
WAS REQUESTED +IMEDIATELY BY THE BRITISH AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG+
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1 DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO WERE ILLEGALLY
ARRESTED.
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COMPENSATE THOSE WO VERE THIJURED BY THE POLICE.
ISSUE AN OPEN APOLOGY REGARDING THE INCIDENT.
REPRIMAND ALL OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRUTAL INCIDENT,
5 GUARANTEE THAT THERE WILL BE 10 FURTHER SUPPRESSION OF ANY
PATRICTIC MOVEMENTS IN HONG KONG.
THE COMMITTEE HAD ADVISED IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD BE COMING TO THE OFFICE AND THEY WERE AT ALL TIMES POLITE AND REASONABLE.
I SAID THAT I WOULD FORWARD THE COMMITTEE'S LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON FOR SUCH ACTION AS HE WISHED TO TAKE IN THE MATTER. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SEEMED SATISFIED AT THIS PROCEDURE
THEY THEN EXPLAINED THAT COMMITTEES IN OTHER CITIES WOULD BE PRESENTING SIMILAR PETITIONS TO BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES IN OTHER CITIES IN THE US. SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. THE PROTEST WAS AT ALL TIMES CARRIED OUT IN A
PEACEABLE FASHION,
4 A COPY OF THE LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR IS BEING FORWARDED TO YOU.
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