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FM D C WILGOW, HONG KONG
FILE REF: SCR 1/61 VI DATED 26.9.81
FOLLOWING FOR DR CLIFT ESQ HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT FCO
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RJT MCLARE: ESQ FAR EASTER. DEPARTMENT FCO
ATKI SON ESQ MBE PEKING
1 OCTOBER AND DOUBLE TE:ITH CELEBRATIOS.
IN HONG KONG TEL:0 737 OF 15 AUGUST ME SAID THAT WE WOULD BE
"MONITORING PLANS FOP THESE TWO ANIVERSARIES, PARTICULARLY SINCE, THIS YEAR, THE COMMUNISTS ARE MAKING A BIG PLAY WITH CELEBRATING
THE DOUBLE TENTH. THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY IS AS FOLLOWS:
1 OCTOBER.,
?. COMMUNIST PLANS FOR 1 OCTOBER ARE UNLIKELY TO CAUSE TROUBLE. THERE
WILL BE THE USUAL NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION ON 30 SEPTEMBER WHICH
THE GOVERNOR WILL ATTEND, A DIMMER FOR DUSTNESS CIRCLES, A COCKTAIL
PARTY GIVEN BY THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND A FILM WEEK FOR
WHICH THE FILMS APPEAR TO BE INNOCUOUS. IT GENERAL, CELEGPATIONS
WILL BE IN A SLIGHTLY LOWER KEY THAN LAST YEAR, PARTLY BECAUSE OF
RISING COSTS. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC RALLIES.
DOUBLE TENT!.
3. THE KMT AND CO MUNIST ORGANISATIONS ARE TRYING TO OUTDO EACH
OTHER FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY. AT THE SAME TIME BOTH HAVE
INSTRUCTED THE RANK AND FILE TO KEEP ALL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE LAW
AND AVOID CLASHES WITH THE OTHER SIDE. WE BELIEVE THAT, IN SEVERAL,
THESE ORDERS ARE BEING FOLLOWED BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK OF YOUNGER ACTIVISTS EXCEEDING THE PARTY LINE. THE MAI FEATURES OF THE
CELEBRATIONS ARE:
(1) KMT (A) A COCKTAIL PARTY FOR 800 AT THE HILTON:
( A PHCEPIIDY FOR 1200 AT THE KIT TREATME IN MONG KOK: (C) SENDING DELEGATIO'S TO TAIWAN: THIS MAY, WITH LUCK, RESULT IN SOME POTENTIAL TROUBLE MAKERS BEING OUT OF HONG KONG AT THE CRUCIAL TIME.
(2) COMMUNISTS-
(A) PRIVATE RALLY IN A COMMUNIST THEATRE:
(3) ORGANISED VISITS TO ZHONG SHAN (SUN YAT SEN'S BIRTHPLACE), NORTH OF MACAU:
(C) PRESS CAMPAIGN EMPHASISING THE COMMUNISTS AS TRUE HEIRS OF THE 1911 REVOLUTION AND PUSHING REUNIFICATION:
(D) A SERIES OF FILM SHOWS BETWEEN 7-11 OCTOBER ( NO FURTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE).
4. AS USUAL, NATIONALIST FLAGS WILL NO DOUBT BE FLOWN, PARTICULAPLY
IN THE KMT STRONGHOLDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE POLICE HAVE DISCRETION TO REMOVE FLAGS FROM PUBLIC PLACES AND WILL TRY TO ENSURE THAT FLAG DISPLAYS DO NOT BECOME SO PROVOCATIVE AS TO CAUSE TROUBLE. NCNA WILL NO DOUBT MAKE THEIR USUAL PROTEST ABOUT FLAGS ETC., PERHAPS WITH GREATER FORCE THAN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS BECUASE OF THEIR OWN CELEBRATIONS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY ALSO PROTEST IN PEKING AND/OR LONDON, IT SPITE OF THE ADMONITION IN PARA 3 OF PERING TELHO-538.
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3. ONE PROBLEM MAY BE A FILM ABOUT THE 1911 REVOLUTION NADE IN TAIWAN, BUT WITH SOME SHAW BROTHERS INVOLVEMENT. IT COMES UP BEFORE THE CENSORS NEXT WEEK. IF IT IS OBJECTIONABLE, WE SHALL BAN IT,
VING ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD DOUBTELESS CAUSE AN OUTCRY IN THE RIGHT PRESS. IF, IN ITSELF, IT IS INNOCUOUS, WE WILL STILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE WAY IN WHICH IT MIGHT BE USED BY THE KMT FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES AT THE TIME OF THE DOUBLE TENTH.
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NOT BY BAG FROM HER:
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