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FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 060545Z HONG KONG
TELNO 100
OF 060448Z JUNE 89
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO
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YOUR TELNO 1849 TO FCO, VARIOUS TELCONS, AND FCO TELNO 1202 TO
HONG KONG: LEE CHUK YAN.
1. WE HAVE NOT (NOT) BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT LEE AT THE PALACE HOTEL SINCE WE HEARD FROM HIM EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT WILL KEEP TRYING. AT THAT STAGE, ALTHOUGH CLEARLY SAFE AND WELL, HE WAS SPEAKING WITH SOME CONSTRAINT PERHAPS INDICATING THAT CHINESE POLICE OR SECURITY GUARDS WERE STILL WITH HIM. BUT HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO LEAVE BY CHARTER FLIGHT TO HONG KONG
ON 6 JUNE.
2. AS BACKGROUND, LEE'S GROUP ACTIVELY SUPPORTED CHINESE STUDENTS ON TIANANMEN WITH FOOD, MONEY AND POSTERS UP TO THE NIGHT OF 3-4 JUNE. AFTER THE MASSACRE THEY WITHDREW IN GOOD ORDER, AND WERE MOVED BY LEE FROM THE BEIJING HOTEL TO THE PALACE HOTEL
AND THEN TO THE AIRPORT ON 5 JUNE. LEE KEPT CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH
THE EMBASSY AND ACTED VERY RESPONSIBLY DURING THIS PHASE.
3. IN VIEW OF DIFFICULTIES THAT MIGHT ARISE WITH OTHER HK CITIZENS LEAVING SUBSEQUENTLY, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN GLEAN ON THE MANNER AND TIMING OF LEE'S ARREST AT THE AIRPORT, WHAT DEPARTURE SCREENING ARRANGEMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT AND SO FORTH.
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