DWF
TL66/9
PING TL 270
TO HONG KONG
FCO
MKKOAO]
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 10 AUG 1983
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INDEX
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Ection Taken
GRS 180
RESTRICTED
TELELETTER
FROM:- T W M SMITH ESQ, PEKING
FILE REFERENCE NIL DATED 9 AUGUST 1983
473)
FOLLOWING FOR:- RP MARGOLIS ESQ., ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER HONG
COPIED TO:-
KONG
W MORRIS ESQ..(HKD FCO
See (454
N J COX ESQ., ED, FCO
XU JIATUN'S VISIT TO KOWLOON CITY
11868-MKK04012 (182)
1. HONG KONG TEL NO 1668 OF 8 AUGUST REPORTED THE ATTENTION GIVEN
IN THE HONG KONG PRESS TO XU'S VISIT TO THE WALLED
CITY OF KOWLOON ON SUNDAY 7 AUGUST. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE EVENT WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE PRESS HERE.
PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 8 AUGUST CARRIED A SHORT REPORT ON PAGE 4, UNDER A FAIRLY PROMINENT HEADLINE. THE REPORT COVERED ALL THE POINTS MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF TEL NO 1168:
XU'S INTEREST
IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE WALLED CITY: HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE ELECTED ADMINISTRATION: HIS CONCERN ABOUT INCONVENIENCES'' OF LIFE IN THE WALLED CITY: AND HIS ASSERTION THAT THOSE WHO AGREED WITH REUNIFICATION THE MOTHERLAND WERE PATRIOTS.
OF
2. TODAY'S CHINA DAILY REPORTED THE EVENT IN SIMILAR TERMS AND ALSO CARRIED A LARGE FRONT PAGE PICTURE OF A RELAXED XU STROLLING THROUGH WHAT ARE DESCRIBED AS STREETS OF KOWLOON CITY.