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3.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT JUST LAST FRIDAY (25.2.83)
MR KE WAS FETED BY THE 'RIVAL' FACTION IN MANCHESTER. AGAIN THE
LORD MAYOR AND SOME LOCAL OFFICIALS ATTENDED. MR KE' SPEECH,
THEN, MADE NO REFERENCE TO HK BUT CONCENTRATED ON THE NEED FOR
UNITY AMONGST CHINESE HERE.
4.
ALSO ON 1 MARCH, CHINESE AMBASSADOR WAS IN GLASGOW
TO ATTEND A FAREWELL PARTY ORGANISED BY LOCAL CHINESE AT WHICH
THE LORD PROVOST AND OUR LIAISON OFFICERS OF EDINBURGH SUB-OFFICE
WERE PRESENT. MR KE ONLY TOUCHED UPON THE QUESTION OF HK'S
FUTURE BY SAYING THAT THE SOLUTION WOULD BE FOUND THROUGH
NEGOTIATIONS. HE FURTHER STRESSED CHINA WOULD NOT REPEAT MISTAKES
MADE DURING CULTURAL REVOLUTION, LEAST OF ALL IN HK.
5.
MEANWHILE IN LONDON, IT HAS JUST COME TO OUR
ATTENTION THAT ONE CHEN TIANSING (7115 1131 5116) HAS STARTED TO
DISTRIBUTE TO CHINESE PEOPLE INCLUDING SCHOOL CHILDREN A
STENCILLED HAND-COPIED BOOKLET CONTAINING AN EXTRACT FROM THE
CHINESE HISTORY MAGAZINE REFERRED TO IN 'MEDIA SUMMARY ON HONG
KONG'S FUTURE' FOR THE WEEKS OF 25 JANUARY AND 1 FEBRUARY.
BOOKLET IS NOT BEING FORWARDED TO YOU AS CONTENTS ARE PRESUMABLY
AVAILABLE IN HK.
6.
CHEN IS AN ELDERLY PENSIONER SAID TO HAVE BEEN
A SEAMAN. AND THEN WORKED FOR NCNA, LONDON SOME TIME AGO.
HE,
A HAKKA, IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT-WING KUNG HO ASSOCIATION
(0364 9735 0588 2585) BUT IS NOT ON ITS COMMITTEE. WE BELIEVE
THIS IS PART OF THE WAR OF WORDS DESIGNED TO REMIND OR INFORM
PEOPLE OF THE OPIUM WAR AND TO STIR-UP NATIONALISM BUT CANNOT ASCERTAIN WHETHER IT IS DONE OF HIS OWN INITIATIVE.
7.
WE THINK THAT AS THE 'BOOKLET' IS 'OLD HAT', NOT
WELL COPIED AND QUITE VOLUMINOUS (HALF-AN-INCH THICK, WRITTEN
ON BOTH SIDES), IT IS UNLIKELY TO BE MUCH READ.
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
COPIES TO
HD/HKGD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR HURD
PS/LORD BELSTEAD PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR ROBERTS
MR COLES
SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
MR MARTIN
NEWS D
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
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