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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 4281
OF 30060OZ DECEMBER 89
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
Hin 306/2
RECEIVER REGISTRY
23 JAN 1990.
DESK OFFICER
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MY TELNO 4048: FILM CENSORSHIP
1. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT THE FILM CENSORSHIP REVIEW BOARD CONSIDERED THE ARTS CENTRE'S APPEAL AGAINST OUR DECISION TO CENSOR THE FILM 'MAINLAND CHINA 89' ON 28 DECEMBER AND DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE CENSOR'S DECISION SHOULD STAND. THEY CONSIDERED THERE WAS A LIKELIHOOD THAT SCREENING THE WHOLE FILM WOULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER TERRITORIES.
2. FOR YOU INFORMATION ONLY WE HAVE BEEN TOLD PRIVATELY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE REVIEW BOARD ALL FELT THAT THE TONE OF THE FILM, PARTICULARLY THE COMMENTARY, WAS STRONGLY PROPAGANDIST. FURTHERMORE THEY THOUGHT THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT OFFENDING THE CHINESE HAD SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASED OWING TO GREATER CHINESE SENSITIVITY AS A RESULT OF EVENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE.
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