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FCO TELNO 878: FILM CENSORSHIP: ''LES CHINOIS A PARIS'
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''IF I WERE FOR REAL' WAS SHOWN IN LATE MAY FOR NINE DAYS.
T 'COLDEST WINTER IN PEKING' WAS SHOWN FOR ABOUT A WEEK IN LATE JUNE I.E. AFTER THE TIANAMEN SQUARE INCIDENT. ''PORTRAIT OF A FANATIC'' AND ON THE SOCIETY FILE OF SHANGHAI'' HAVE NOT (NOT) YET BEEN
SCREENED.
2. THE ONE RECENT APPROACH WE HAD FROM NCNA ON THIS ISSUE WAS ON 14 JUNE 1989. THEY TELEPHONED TO SAY NCNA WOULD BE CONCERNED ''IF THE BAN ON 'COLDEST WINTER' WERE LIFTED AT THIS TIME''. WE POLITELY POINTED OUT THAT THE LEGISLATION GOVERNING FILMS HAD CHANGED. WE HAVE
HEARD NOTHING SINCE.
3. ACCORDING TO TELA WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT ''LES CHINOIS A PARIS'
WILL NOT BE SHOWN FOR ATLEAST A MONTH AFTER APPROVAL FOR PUBLIC
VIEWING IS GRANTED.
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