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FM HONG KONG 141024Z OCT 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1429 OF 14 OCTOBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE SNUFFBOX,
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
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228
THIS IS A COPY THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL
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POSSIBLE THREAT TO CHINESE PREMIER EXEMPTION No.227.
1. TAN GAN OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY CALLED THIS MORNING
ON THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER AT HOME WITH AN URGENT REQUEST
CONCERNING A POSSIBLE THREAT TO PREMIER HUA GUOFENG. HE SAID
THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR IN LONDON HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM
THREE WORKERS IN HONG KONG WHICH CLAIMED THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE
(UNIDENTIFIED) WHO HAD HAD CONNECTIONS WITH ULTRA-LEFT ELEMENTS
IN CHINA PLANNED TO ENGAGE IN PROPAGANDA AND SABOTAGE DIRECTED
AT HUA DURING HIS VISIT TO THE V.K. THE LETTER ADDED (WITHOUT MAKING IT CLEAR IF THIS REFERRED TO A DIFFERENT GROUP) THAT
SINISTER PLOTS WERE BEING MADE BY PEOPLE WHO HAD LINKS WITH THE
''BLACK HAND GANG'' (HEI SHOU BANG) AND WHO HAD GAINED ACCESS IN LONDON TO THE CHINA COUNCIL (''ZHONGUO HUIGUAN'' - AN OVERSEAS CHINESE ORGANISATION) AND THE SOCIETY FOR ANGLO-CHINESE
UNDERSTANDING.
2. THE LETTER GAVE THE THREE WORKERS' NAMES BUT NO ADDRESSES:
TAN ASKED FOR HELP IN LOCATING THEM SO THAT THE NCNA COULD TALK
TO THEM. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE STORY
IN THE LETTER, BUT IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO TAKE EVERRY PRECAUTION SO
THAT NOTHING SHOULD MAR HUA'S VISIT TO THE U.K.
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