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FM PEKING 270350Z AUG 81
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TELNO 549 27 AUGUST
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TELNO 763 TO YOU:
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KMT ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG
1. THE POLITICAL ADVISER HAS DISCUSSED WITH US THE RECENT CHINESE APPROACHES HERE AND IN HONG KONG. IN OUR JOINT ASSESSMENT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT:
(A) CHINESE ANXIETY ABOUT THE RIVAL KMT CELEBRATIONS IN HONG KONG OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DOUBLE TENTH:
(B) GENERAL CHINESE SENSITIVITY IN MATTERS INVOLVING TAIWAN, CAUSED BY NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF US POLICY TOWARDS TAIWANI
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(C) CHINESE TIGHTENING UP ON CULTURAL DEVIATION BOTH IN CHINA (EG BAI HUA, AND ''JIARU WO SHI ZHENDE IF I WERE GENUINE'') AND IN HONG KONG (EG CLOSURES OF THE LEFT WING PUBLICATIONS **DONG XIANG'' AND ''ZHENG MING DAILY''):
(D) IN VARIOUS WAYS (EG VISA OFFICE, TRANSITEES, CHINESE REFERENCES IN THE AIR SERVICES TALKS TO THE SPECIAL STATUS OF HONG KONG), THE CHINESE SOMETIMES HAVE A TENDENCY TO NEEDLE US ON HONG KONG MATTERS PERHAPS TO TEST US OR GRADUALLY TO PUT US ON THE DEFENSIVE ON THE MAIN ISSUE OF HONG KONG.
2. SEE MIFT.
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