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CONFIDENTIAL
Wong Kong has been Chinese territory from time
unomorial. This is known all over the world, Hore than
a hundred years ago British imperialists sailed to China
in their pirate ships and unleashed the criminal Opium War in which they massacred countless Chinese people and,
moreover, forcibly occupied our territory of Hong Kong.
This was followed by their annexation of our Kowloon and
the seizure of our New Territories. This is a heavy debt
in blood which British imperialism owes to the Chinese
people. The Chinese people will sooner or later
completely settle this account with British imperialism",
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30. Probably the most authoritative claim at this
time to Hong Kong's being Chinese territory was made by Premier Zhou imlai on 24 June in a speech at a banquet for
President Kaunda of Zambia. Zhou asserted that the fate of
Hong Kong rested entirely in Chinese hands:-
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"Hong Kong and Kowloon have always been China's territory.
All proper rights of our patriotic countrymen in Hong Kong, and particularly their sacred right to study and propagate Mao Zedong thought, brook no encroachment whatsoever from
anyone. The Chinese people, who have scored great
victories in the world-shaking Great Proletarian Cultural
Revolution movement, absolutely will not tolerate the
ruthless persecution of their patriotic countrymen in Hong Kong by British imperialism. The Chinese people are determined to give, in accordance with the needs of the situation, every support to their patriotic countrymen in Hong kong till final victory. The destiny of Hong Kong will be cecided by our patriotic countrymen in liong Long and the 700 million Chinese people and definitely not by a handful of Brition imperialists".
The Chinese Government in 1967 had seemed
prepared to put at risk its own interests
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