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RPT INFO HONG KONG
GUOMINDANG ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG
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14 AUG 1981
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1. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT, (GUO JIE, CALLED ME IN TODAY TO DISCUSS THE FORTHCOMING SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1911 REVOLUTION, WHICH CHINA PLANNED TO CELEBRATE IN GRAND STYLE. READING FROM A PREPARED TEXT, GUO SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD THAT ''TAIWAN REACTIONARY ELEMENTS'' WERE PLANNING TO ''SABOTAGE'' THE OCCASION BY FLYING '' BOGUS'' GUOMINDANG FLAGS., PUTTING UP POSTERS AND ARCHWAYS ETC. ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE NONA HAS ASKED THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG TO TAKE MEASURES TO STOP THIS SORT OF DISRUPTIVE ACTION, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE WORK OF REACTIONARY SABOTEURS HAD BEEN EVIDENT DURING THE MOURNING FOR SOONG CHING LING ON 2 JUNE.
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2. GUO ASKED THAT, IN ORDER TO UPHOLD FRIENDLY UK-CHINA RELATIONS AND TO PROMOTE HONG KONG CHINA RELATIONS, WE SHOULD TAKE ''EARLY AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THESE GUOMINDANG ACTIVITIES. HE HOPED THAT WE WOULD SHOW A COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE''.
3. TOLD GUO THAT I HAD NOT HEARD REPORTS OF GUOMINDANG PLANS TO SABOTAGE THE OCCASION OF THE ANNIVERSARY, NOT WAS I AWARE OF ANY DISRUPTIVE ACTION DURING THE MOURNING FOR SOONG. | UNDERTOOK TO REPORT WHAT HE HAD SAID: HE WAS NOT ANXIOUS TO PRESS THE MATTER FURTHER.
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4. DESPITE THE FAIRLY FIRM LANGUAGE OF HIS PREPARED STATEMENT, GUO'S MANNER WAS RELAXED AND FRIENDLY. AS I WAS UNBRIEFED ABOUT THIS TYPE OF KMT ACTIVITIED IN HONG KONG, THE ALLEGED DEMARCHES BY NONA AND THE ALLEGED TROUBLE IN EARLY JUNE, I DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PRODUCTIVE TO DEVELOP THE CONVERSATION WITH GUO
IMMEDIATELY, BUT BETTER TO KEEP THE OBVIOUS POINT ABOUT FREEDOM
TO FLY FLAGS IN HONG KONG FOR USE WHEN I RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REPLY TO HIS REQUEST.
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