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YOUR TELNO 16: TAIWAN FILM.
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1. YOU WILL NOW HAVE SEEN MY TELNO 336 TO FCO AND WILL PRESUMABLY
REPLY TO THE MFA ON THE LINE OF PARA 9. WHEN TOLD OF DECISION, SECOND DIRECTOR OF NCNA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION.
2. WITHDRAWAL OF PERMIT IS REPORTED IN TODAY'S PRESS. COMMUNIST PRESS IS FAIRLY LOW KEY WITH BRIEF ITEMS ON INSIDE PAGES. THEY QUOTE CENSOR ON LINES OF PARA 8 OF MY TUR. WEN HUI BAO ADDS MATERIAL TO SHOW HOW KMT WERE USING FILM FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. IT REFERS TO ANGER OF PATRIOTIC COMPATRIOTS AGAINST FILM BUT SAYS NOTHING OF OFFICIAL OBJECTIONS. RIGHT WING PRESS PREDICTABLY
DEVOTE CONSIDERABLE SPACE TO THE SUBJECT, EXPRESSES ASTONISHMENT AT THE GOVERNMENT ACTION, AND ATTRIBUTES IT TO LEFT WING OR ''OUTSIDE'' PRESSURE.
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